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Africa Day! 🌍
Africa Day is an annual commemoration held on May 25th to celebrate the establishment of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), now African Union (AU), in 1963. It signifies the unity and progress of African nations,...
Historical Events
8- ? Africa Day - Commemorates the formation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), now the African Union (AU), in 1963.
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President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah of Sierra Leone is overthrown in a military coup. - ? A referendum in Egypt approves an amendment to the constitution to allow multiparty presidential elections. 🇪🇬 Egypt
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Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan. - 1961 British colonial authorities release Fred Kubai from detention and begin lifting restriction orders on other Kapenguria detainees. 🇰🇪 Kenya
- 1963 Algeria and Tunisia announced the resumption of full diplomatic relations.
- 1963 The Organisation of African Unity is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
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President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah of Sierra Leone is overthrown in a military coup.
Famous Births
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The 2nd President of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, is born. -
Ezekiel Kemboi, a Kenyan runner, is born.
Famous Deaths
3- ? A freight and a passenger train collide in Tenga, Mozambique, killing 192 people. 🇲🇿 Mozambique
- ? 45 people killed and 200 others missing after a boat capsizes on Lake Mai-Ndombe, DRC. 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 1971 Joetha Collier, a recent high school graduate, is killed in a shooting in Drew, Mississippi, attracting extensive attention from the media and civil rights activists. United States
