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Today in African History

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Historical Events

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  • Cetshwayo
    πŸ‘‘ 1873
    Cetshwayo is installed as the King of the Zulu people, in Zululand, South Africa.Β 
  • Fulbert Youlou
    πŸ›οΈ 1957 πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¬ Republic of the Congo
    AbbΓ© Fulbert Youlou secures a legislative majority after the defection of MSA deputy Georges Yambot, leading to his appointment as Vice-President of the Government Council.
  • Oscar Kambona
    πŸ›οΈ 1960 πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡Ώ Tanzania
    Oscar Kambona appointed Minister for Education, initiating reforms to desegregate the colonial education system and expand access for indigenous students.
  • Paul Ngei
    πŸ›οΈ 1963 πŸ‡°πŸ‡ͺ Kenya
    Paul Ngei dissolves the African People's Party and rejoins KANU, helping secure a parliamentary supermajority before independence.
  • Muammar Gaddafi
    πŸ›οΈ 1969 πŸ‡±πŸ‡Ύ Libya
    Army Colonel Muammar Gaddafi seizes power in Libya through a bloodless coup.Β 
  • Clemens Kapuuo
    πŸ›οΈ 1975 πŸ‡³πŸ‡¦ Namibia
    Clemens Kapuuo joins the South African-sponsored Turnhalle Constitutional Conference in Windhoek, seeking constitutional guarantees for Herero ancestral land rights and blocking ethnic partition under the Odendaal Plan.
  • πŸ“ˆ 1975 Ghana transitions to the metric measurement system under the National Redemption Council's modernization program. πŸ‡¬πŸ‡­ Ghana
  • David Dacko
    πŸ›οΈ 1981
    Central African Republic President David Dacko is overthrown for the second time by a military coup d’état while on an official visit to Libya.Β 
  • πŸ”¬ 2016 A rare Annular Eclipse of the sun, when the moon covers only the centre of the sun, creating a solar ring of fire, is visible from Central Africa to Madagascar.
  • Uhuru Kenyatta
    πŸ›οΈ 2017
    Kenyan Supreme court nullifies the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta and orders that fresh polls be conducted in 60 days.Β 

Famous Births

2
  • Stella Mwangi
    1986
    Stella Mwangi(STL), a Kenyan-Norwegian singer-songwriter, is born.
  • Mario Lemina
    1993
    Mario Lemina, a Gabonese footballer, is born.

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