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The Cassinga Massacre
The date was May 4th, 1978, and the South African air force was on a mission over Cassinga, a refugee camp in Southern Angola. What ensued was the largest airborne operation in the South African Defence Force's history....
Historical Events
7- ? International Firefighters' Day - is celebrated to recognize the service and sacrifice that firefighters around the world make daily.
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Milton Margai concludes successful constitutional negotiations with Britain securing Sierra Leone's independence date. - 1961 American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South. United States
- 1978 South African Defence Force attacks a Namibian refugee camp in Cassinga, Angola, killing about 600 people. 🇦🇴 Angola
- 1978 SADF airborne assault on SWAPO base at Cassinga kills 600 people 🇳🇦 Namibia
- 2013 39 people are killed as clashes break out between Christians and Muslims at a funeral in Wukari, Nigeria. 🇳🇬 Nigeria
- 2014 Three people are killed and 62 injured in a pair of bombings on buses in Nairobi, Kenya. 🇰🇪 Kenya
Famous Births
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Anti-apartheid activist and investigative journalist Ruth First is born -
Hosni Mubarak, 4th President of Egypt, is born. - 1935 Angolan writer and nationalist Jose Luandino Vieira is born 🇦🇴 Angola
- 1935 Angolan writer and nationalist Jose Luandino Vieira is born. 🇦🇴 Angola
- 2021 Malian woman Halima Cisse gives birth to nonuplets (nine babies) in Morocco, the third known case worldwide. 🇲🇦 Morocco
Famous Deaths
1- 2002 103 people are killed and 51 injured in a plane crash near Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano, Nigeria. 🇳🇬 Nigeria
