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Battle of Holkrans
On May 6, 1902, Holkrans, near Vryheid in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, became the stage for a fierce and bloody battle between two groups: the Boer regiment and the Zulu tribe. Tensions had been simmering between the Bo...
Historical Events
8- 1658 The ship Hassalt arrives at the Cape with 228 enslaved people from the Gold Coast. 🇿🇦 South Africa
- 1902 Zulu forces launch assault at Holkrantz in South Africa. 🇿🇦 South Africa
- 1947 French troops massacre over 100 MDRM militants in Moramanga. 🇲🇬 Madagascar
- 1966 Ambroise Noumazalay is named Prime Minister of the Congo Republic. 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo
- 1992 Malian government signs social pact with UNTM union. 🇲🇱 Mali
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Nelson Mandela and the ANC confirmed winners in South Africa's first post-apartheid election. - 2014 Boko Haram's leader, Abubakar Shekau, releases a 57-minute video boasting about abducting schoolgirls in Nigeria. 🇳🇬 Nigeria
- 2021 Oldest human burial in Africa published, discovered in Kenya. 🇰🇪 Kenya
Famous Births
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Samuel Doe, future 21st President of Liberia, is born. - 1968 Worku Bikila, an Ethiopian runner, is born. 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
Famous Deaths
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Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua is buried.
