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Bagaza's Last Stand
Jean-Baptiste Bagaza assumed the presidency of Burundi in 1976, ousting Michel Micombero through a military coup. As the leader of the Union for National Progress (UPRONA) party, he ran unopposed in the 1984 presidential...
Celebrated across Africa on this day
1Historical Events
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Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery. -
Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.
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Kofi Abrefa Busia assumes office as Prime Minister of Ghana, leading the Progress Party government into a difficult inheritance of inflation and external debt. -
Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa assumes the chairmanship of the newly created three-member Presidential Commission to oversee the transition to civilian rule. - 1978 An Air Rhodesia plane is shot down by the Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army over Kariba. The crash survivors are found by guerillas, and massacred. 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
- 1978 During the Rhodesian Bush War a group of ZIPRA guerrillas shot down civilian Vickers Viscount aircraft (Air Rhodesia Flight 825) with a Soviet-made SAM Strela-2; of 56 passengers and crew 38 people died in crash, 10 were massacred by the guerrillas at the site. 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
- 1978 ZIPRA guerrillas shoot down Air Rhodesia Flight 825 during the Rhodesian Bush War, killing 48 of 56 people on board. 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
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Mbiyu Koinange's intestate death sets off a decades-long legal battle over an estate of nearly 6,000 acres spanning Kiambu, Nairobi, Nakuru, and Mombasa, illustrating the scale of elite land accumulation under Kenyatta. -
Pierre Buyoya leads a bloodless military coup overthrowing President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza.
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President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza of Burundi is deposed in a bloodless military coup d'état by Major Pierre Buyoya.
Famous Births
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Dorothy Masuka, a Zimbabwe-born South African jazz singer, is born. -
Levy Mwanawasa, the third President of Zambia, is born. -
Levy Mwanawasa, the third President of Zambia, is born.
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Jérôme Boateng, Ghanaian-German footballer, is born. - 1996 Adama Barro, a Burkinabé footballer, is born. 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
- 1997 Christopher Udeh, a Nigerian footballer, is born. 🇳🇬 Nigeria
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Bernard Tekpetey, Ghanaian footballer, is born.
Famous Deaths
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Mbiyu Koinange dies of a heart attack at Nairobi Hospital, closing a political career that shaped the structure of the post-colonial Kenyan state.
