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Mali's President Resigns Amid Military Coup
In a tumultuous turn of events in 2020, Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta was compelled to resign in the wake of a military coup that rocked the nation. As public dissatisfaction with his administration's governanc...
Historical Events
12- 1826 Major Gordon Laing becomes the first European to enter Timbuktu. 🇲🇱 Mali
- 1891 A major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead. Martinique
- 1929 The Imperial Ethiopian Air Force is established. 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
- 1955 Equatoria Corps soldiers mutiny in Torit against northern redeployment orders, initiating the first phase of the southern struggle for autonomy. 🇸🇩 Sudan
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Civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi. -
James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
- 1969 Six hijackers force a Misrair passenger flight from Cairo to Luxor, Egypt, to land in El Wagah, Egypt. 🇪🇬 Egypt
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Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under Terrorism Act No. 83 of 1967 in King William's Town, South Africa. He later dies from injuries sustained during this arrest, bringing attention to South Africa's apartheid policies. -
Francisco Macías Nguema is captured in the jungle near the Río Muni border after burning much of the national currency reserve. - 1994 5.6 earthquake in Mascara, Algeria, kills 171, injures 270 and leaves up to 12,500 homeless. 🇩🇿 Algeria
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Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta resigns amid a military coup. -
Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta resigns amid a military coup.
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Hifikepunye Pohamba, the 2nd President of Namibia, is born.
Famous Deaths
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Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act in King William's Town, South Africa, and dies from injuries sustained in custody.
