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Mondlane's Dar es Salaam Assassination
In a tragic turn of events in 1969, Eduardo Mondlane, the esteemed President of the Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO), faced a fateful end in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. A book concealing a lethal letter bomb was dispat...
Celebrated across Africa on this day
2Historical Events
5- 1953 Portuguese Governor Carlos Gorgulho orders brutal military sweeps against protesting Forros in the Batepá Massacre. 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe
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Mozambique’s President Samora Machel changes the name of the country's capital from Lourenço Marques to Maputo, after the city’s river. -
Mozambique’s President Samora Machel changes the name of the country's capital from Lourenço Marques to Maputo, after the city’s river.
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Samora Machel presides over the FRELIMO Third Party Congress in Maputo, transforming the movement into a Marxist-Leninist vanguard party dedicated to scientific socialism.
- 1994 Tanzania’s first private radio station, Radio Tumani, goes on the air, broadcasting primarily in Kiswahili. 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Famous Births
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Edward James Roye, the fifth president of Liberia, is born. -
Blaise Compaoré, the second president of Burkina Faso, is born in Ziniare, Burkina Faso.
Famous Deaths
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Eduardo Mondlane, the President of the Mozambican Liberation Front, FRELIMO, is assassinated through a letter bomb in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.