Historical Events
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Oscar Kambona drives himself to the mutinous Colito Barracks to negotiate with soldiers of the Tanganyika Rifles, maintaining public order and coordinating the diplomatic appeal to Britain after Nyerere and Kawawa go into hiding. - 1971 Juvenalias Aooko meets MP Gideon Mutiso at Parliament Buildings and declares that a coup against the Kenyatta government carries divine approval. 🇰🇪 Kenya
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Leabua Jonathan, Prime Minister of Lesotho, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by General Justin Lekhanya. -
Leabua Jonathan, Prime Minister of Lesotho, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by General Justin Lekhanya.
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Leabua Jonathan, Prime Minister of Lesotho, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by General Justin Lekhanya.
- 1991 Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.
Famous Births
4- 1940 Mandé Sidibé, former Malian Prime Minister, is born.
- 1940 Mandé Sidibé, former Malian Prime Minister, is born. 🇲🇱 Mali
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Armando Guebuza, the third President of Mozambique, is born. -
Mahamane Ousmane, the first democratically elected and fourth President of Niger, is born.
Famous Deaths
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Amílcar Cabral, Guinea Bissauan-Cape Verdian politician, dies. -
Amílcar Cabral, Guinea Bissauan-Cape Verdian politician, dies.
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Amílcar Lopes Cabral assassinated outside his home in Conakry, shot by a disgruntled PAIGC veteran in a plot linked to Portuguese agents.
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Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenya's first Vice-President, dies.