Historical Events
4- 1961 Thirteen Italian Air Force servicemen, deployed to the Congo as a part of the UN peacekeeping force, are massacred by a mob in Kindu.
- 1975 Angola gains independence from Portugal.
- 1975 Angola gains independence from Portugal. 🇦🇴 Angola
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Agostinho Neto proclaims the independence of the People's Republic of Angola in Luanda and assumes office as its first president, backed by Cuban forces and Soviet weaponry.
Famous Births
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Taslim Olawale Elias, a Nigerian judge and the first African to be President of the International Court of Justice, is born. - 1938 Fadhili William, a Kenyan singer and composer, is born.
- 1948 Wazimbo (Humberto Carlos Benfica), a Mozambican singer, is born.
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Edgar Lungu, the sixth President of Zambia, is born. -
Arouna Koné, an Ivorian footballer, is born. -
Arouna Koné, an Ivorian footballer, is born.
Famous Deaths
1- 2013 100 people are killed in a tropical cyclone in the Puntland region, Somalia.
