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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
8- 1847 Liberia declares independence from the American Colonization Society. 🇱🇷 Liberia
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King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad. - 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. -
Senegalese film "Ceddo" by Ousmane Sembène, banned in multiple countries for advocating African indigenous beliefs over Christianity and Islam, is released. -
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
2- 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
