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The Rwandan Peace Accord
In a historic and poignant ceremony, the Government of the Republic of Rwanda and the Rwandan Patriotic Front, the main rebel group, finally put an end to the devastating Rwandan civil war that had torn the nation apart...
Celebrated across Africa on this day
1Historical Events
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Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir: The Moroccans defeat the Portuguese but both the Moroccan king Abd al-Malik and the Portuguese king Sebastian die. Ahmad al-Mansur follows Abd al-Malik as sultan of Morocco while the death of Sebastian leads to a succession crisis in Portugal. - 1946 An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic, killing one hundred and leaving 20,000 homeless. Dominican Republic
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Civil rights movement: Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21. -
President Alphonse Massamba-Debat of the Republic of Congo resumes office one day after having been ousted by a military coup. - 1974 The NRC implements Operation Keep Right, shifting Ghana's traffic from left-hand to right-hand driving across the country. 🇬🇭 Ghana
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President of Upper Volta Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo is ousted in a coup d'état led by Thomas Sankara. - 1984 The Republic of Upper Volta is Renamed Burkina Faso. 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
- 1993 The Government of the Republic of Rwanda and the Rwandan Patriotic Front sign a peace agreement, ending the Rwandan civil war. 🇷🇼 Rwanda
Famous Births
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Abeid Karume, the first president of Zanzibar, is born.
