Historical Events
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Abbé Fulbert Youlou elected President in a national referendum as the sole candidate of the unified UDDIA-MSA coalition, receiving 97.56% of the vote. -
Yusufu Lule, hastily invited as a compromise candidate, elected Chairman of the Uganda National Liberation Front at the Moshi Conference in Tanzania.
Famous Deaths
1- 1984 Ahmed Sékou Touré dies in Cleveland, Ohio, at age sixty-two during emergency cardiovascular surgery, just before hosting the planned OAU summit in Conakry. United States