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The Birth of Liberia
In 1847, Liberia made a historic proclamation, declaring its independence from the American Colonization Society. Founded predominantly by freed slaves from the United States, the country embarked on a remarkable journey...
Historical Events
16- 1847 Liberia declares independence from the American Colonization Society. 🇱🇷 Liberia
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U.S. president Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military of the United States. -
King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad. -
Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement -
Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, beginning the Cuban Revolution and the 26th of July Movement.
- 1956 Egypt’s President Gamal Nasser nationalises the Suez Canal as a means to finance the Aswan Dam. 🇪🇬 Egypt
- 1956 Egypt's President Gamal Nasser nationalises the Suez Canal as a means to finance the Aswan Dam. 🇪🇬 Egypt
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Tom Mboya secures financial support from Senator John F. Kennedy and the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation to expand the Airlift Africa program. -
Kenyan leader Tom Mboya meets with Senator John F. Kennedy at Hyannis Port to request private transport funding for over 200 stranded students.
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Oscar Kambona secretly drives his family from Dar es Salaam to Nairobi and boards an East African Airways flight to London to seek political asylum, fearing arrest under the Preventive Detention Act. -
Ousmane Sembène's Senegalese film 'Ceddo' is released, banned in multiple countries for advocating African indigenous beliefs over Christianity and Islam. -
Senegalese film "Ceddo" by Ousmane Sembène, banned in multiple countries for advocating African indigenous beliefs over Christianity and Islam, is released.
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Senegalese film "Ceddo" by Ousmane Sembène, banned in multiple countries for advocating African indigenous beliefs over Christianity and Islam, is released.
- 2009 Boko Haram attacks a police station in Bauchi, Nigeria, triggering four days of violence across multiple cities. 🇳🇬 Nigeria
- 2009 The militant Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram attacks a police station in Bauchi, leading to reprisals by the Nigeria Police Force and four days of violence across multiple cities. 🇳🇬 Nigeria
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Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf declares a new National Independence Day, marking a fresh start after the brutal civil war.
Famous Births
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Fresh Kid (Patrick Sennyonjo), a Ugandan child rapper, is born.
Famous Deaths
3- 2004 South African jazz legend Sipho Gumede dies. 🇿🇦 South Africa
- 2004 Sipho Gumede, South African jazz legend, dies. 🇿🇦 South Africa
- 2011 A Royal Moroccan Air Force C-130 crashes near Guelmim Airport in Morocco, claiming the lives of all 80 people on board. 🇲🇦 Morocco
