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Britain Jailed Kenya's Future President—and Lost an Empire
On April 8, 1953, British colonial authorities in Kenya pronounced sentence: seven years of hard labour for Jomo Kenyatta, accused of organizing the Mau Mau uprising against colonial rule. The courtroom judgment reverber...
Historical Events
14- 1898 Battle of Atbara River. Anglo-Egyptian forces defeat 15,000 Sudanese rebels.
- 1898 Anglo-Egyptian forces defeat 15,000 Sudanese rebels at the Battle of Atbara River. 🇸🇩 Sudan
- 1924 South African State pass the Industrial Conciliation Act No 11; excluding blacks from membership of registered trade unions and prohibiting registration of black trade unions.
- 1924 South Africa passes the Industrial Conciliation Act, excluding blacks from registered trade union membership. 🇿🇦 South Africa
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1953 – Jomo Kenyatta is sentenced to 7 years by British rulers for organizing the Mau Mau movement. - 1953 Judge Ransley Thacker convicts the Kapenguria Six and sentences them to seven years of hard labor followed by indefinite restriction. 🇰🇪 Kenya
- 1960 South African government bans the ANC and PAC. 🇿🇦 South Africa
- 1962 French referendum approves the Evian Accords for Algerian independence. 🇩🇿 Algeria
- 1970 1970 – Israeli bombers accidentally strike an Egyptian school, Bahr El-Baqar Primary School. 46 children are killed.
- 2004 A ceasefire agreement was signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups.
- 2010 Infant hominid discovered at Cradle of Humankind, South Africa.
- 2010 An infant hominid is discovered at the Cradle of Humankind in South Africa. 🇿🇦 South Africa
- 2021 The discovery of Aten, a 3,000-year-old ‘lost golden city’ of ancient Egypt.
- 2021 The discovery of Aten, a 3,000-year-old lost golden city of ancient Egypt, is announced. 🇪🇬 Egypt
Famous Births
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Kofi Annan, a Ghanaian statesman, is born.