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Idi Amin's Failed Comeback
In 1989, Idi Amin, former dictator of Uganda living in exile in Saudi Arabia, attempted to regain power. He used a fake passport to leave Saudi Arabia secretly and travelled to Zaire to gather a rebel group to reclaim Ug...
Historical Events
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Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years. - 1960 The eight-year-old State of Emergency in Kenya by the British ends.
- 1970 Biafra surrenders, ending the Nigerian Civil War.
- 1992 A new constitution, providing freedom to form political parties, is approved by a referendum in Mali.
Famous Births
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Holden Roberto born in São Salvador, Portuguese Angola, to Garcia Roberto and Joana Lala Nekaka of the Bakongo ethnic group. - 1952 Rolly Xipu, a South African boxer and political activist, is born.
