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July
26

Today in African History

Historical Events

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  • 🏴 1847 Liberia declares independence from the American Colonization Society. 
  • 🏴 1847 Liberia declares independence from the American Colonization Society.  🇱🇷 Liberia
  • King Farouk
    🏛️ 1952
    King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad.
  • 📈 1956 Egypt’s President Gamal Nasser nationalises the Suez Canal as a means to finance the Aswan Dam.
  • 🏛️ 1956 Egypt’s President Gamal Nasser nationalises the Suez Canal as a means to finance the Aswan Dam. 🇪🇬 Egypt
  • 🏛️ 1956 Egypt’s President Gamal Nasser nationalises the Suez Canal as a means to finance the Aswan Dam. 🇪🇬 Egypt
  • Tom Mboya
    🏛️ 1960 United States
    Tom Mboya secures financial support from Senator John F. Kennedy and the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation to expand the Airlift Africa program.
  • Oscar Kambona
    🏛️ 1967 🇹🇿 Tanzania
    Oscar Kambona secretly drives his family from Dar es Salaam to Nairobi and boards an East African Airways flight to London to seek political asylum, fearing arrest under the Preventive Detention Act.
  • Ousmane Sembène
    🎭 1977
    Senegalese film "Ceddo" by Ousmane Sembène, banned in multiple countries for advocating African indigenous beliefs over Christianity and Islam, is released.
  • Ousmane Sembène
    🎭 1977 🇸🇳 Senegal
    Senegalese film "Ceddo" by Ousmane Sembène, banned in multiple countries for advocating African indigenous beliefs over Christianity and Islam, is released.
  • Ousmane Sembène
    🎭 1977 🇸🇳 Senegal
    Senegalese film "Ceddo" by Ousmane Sembène, banned in multiple countries for advocating African indigenous beliefs over Christianity and Islam, is released.
  • Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
    🏛️ 2011
    Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf declares a new National Independence Day, marking a fresh start after the brutal civil war.

Famous Births

1
  • Fresh Kid
    2012
    Fresh Kid (Patrick Sennyonjo), a Ugandan child rapper, is born.

Famous Deaths

2
  • 🕯️ 2004 Sipho Gumede, South African jazz legend, dies.
  • 🕯️ 2011 A Royal Moroccan Air Force C-130 crashes near Guelmim Airport in Morocco, claiming the lives of all 80 people on board.

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