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Island Nation Breaks Free: São Tomé and Príncipe Claims Independence
On July 12, 1975, the archipelago of São Tomé and Príncipe in the Gulf of Guinea shed five centuries of Portuguese colonial rule. Manuel Pinto da Costa assumed the presidency as the island nation joined a pivotal wave of...
Historical Events
7- 1966 The University of Zambia is founded. 🇿🇲 Zambia
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São Tomé and Príncipe attains independence from Portugal with Manuel Pinto da Costa as the president. - 1975 Portuguese officials transfer total sovereignty to the newly independent Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe
- 1984 A car bomb explodes in Durban, South Africa,killing five and injuring 27 people. 🇿🇦 South Africa
- 1990 Shantytown women strip to the waist and confront bulldozers sent by authorities to demolish their homes in Soweto, South Africa. 🇿🇦 South Africa
- 1990 Shantytown women strip to the waist and confront bulldozers sent by authorities to demolish their homes in Soweto, South Africa. 🇿🇦 South Africa
- 2012 Over 100 people are killed after an oil tanker crashes and explodes in Okogbe, Rivers State, Nigeria. 🇳🇬 Nigeria
Famous Births
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Aoua Kéita, a Malian writer and politician, is born.