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A New Dawn for Namibia
After enduring 75 years under South African rule, Namibia finally achieved independence on March 21, 1990. Dr. Sam Nujoma emerged as the inaugural President, leading the nation into a new era of sovereignty and self-gove...
Historical Events
7- 1975 The military junta that rules Ethiopia dissolves the country’s monarchy, and declares the country a Marxist-Leninist state.
- 1975 The military junta that rules Ethiopia dissolves the country’s monarchy, and declares the country a Marxist-Leninist state. 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
- 1975 The military junta that rules Ethiopia dissolves the country’s monarchy, and declares the country a Marxist-Leninist state. 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
- 1990 Namibia gains independence after 75 years of South African rule.
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A failed military coup d’état tries to seize power in The Gambia from Yahya Jammeh. -
A failed military coup d’état tries to seize power in The Gambia from Yahya Jammeh.
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A failed military coup d’état tries to seize power in The Gambia from Yahya Jammeh.
Famous Births
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J. M. Kariuki born in Kabati-ini town in Kenya's Rift Valley Province to a Kikuyu squatter family displaced by colonial land expropriation. -
Derartu Tulu, an Ethiopian athlete, is born in Bekoji, Ethiopia. - 1978 Sally Barsosio, a Kenyan runner, is born.
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Ejegayehu Dibaba, an Ethiopian runner, is born in Bekoji, Ethiopia. - 1983 Jean Ondoa, a Cameroonian footballer, is born in Douala, Cameroon.
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Solomon Alabi, a Nigerian basketball player, is born in Kaduna, Nigeria.
Famous Deaths
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Chinua Achebe, a Nigerian novelist and poet, dies in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. -
Nawal El Saadawi, an Egyptian feminist writer, activist and physician, dies in Cairo, Egypt.
