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Closing the Chapter
n a historic global shift, 2021 marked the end of a 99-year era as Algeria became the final nation to halt the sale of leaded petrol. This momentous decision signified a collective step towards environmental consciousnes...
Celebrated across Africa on this day
1Historical Events
13- 1800 Gabriel Prosser postpones a planned slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia, but is arrested before he can make it happen. United States
- 1800 Gabriel Prosser is arrested before executing a planned slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia. United States
- 1811 Hammuda Pasha suppresses a massive revolt of the Janissaries in Tunis, dismantling the elite Ottoman military corps to secure Tunisian autonomy. 🇹🇳 Tunisia
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Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. -
Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African-American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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STS-8: The Space Shuttle Challenger takes off on the first night launch of the shuttle program. Guion Bluford becomes the first African-American in space on this mission. -
Guion Bluford becomes the first African-American in space aboard Space Shuttle Challenger's first night launch.
- 1998 Armed forces of the DRC and their Angolan and Zimbabwean allies recapture Matadi and the Inga dams in the western DRC from RCD rebels and Rwandan troops during the Second Congo War. 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Prime Minister of Lesotho, Tom Thabane, flees to South Africa as the army allegedly stages a coup. -
Prime Minister of Lesotho Tom Thabane flees to South Africa as the army allegedly stages a coup.
- 2021 Algeria becomes the last country to stop selling leaded petrol, ending 99 years of gasoline use worldwide. 🇩🇿 Algeria
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Gabonese coup d'état: After Ali Bongo Ondimba's reelection, a military coup ousted him, ending 56 years of Bongo family rule in Gabon. -
Gabonese military officers announce a coup d'état following Ali Bongo Ondimba's reelection, ending 56 years of Bongo family rule in Gabon.
Famous Births
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Radhi Jaïdi, Tunisian footballer and coach, is born.
Famous Deaths
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Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian journalist and author, dies.
