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Today in African History

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Historical Events

6
  • Léopold Sédar Senghor
    🗳️ 1960 🇸🇳 Senegal
    Léopold Sédar Senghor is elected as the first President of Senegal.
  • Léopold Sédar Senghor
    🗳️ 1960 🇸🇳 Senegal
    Léopold Sédar Senghor is elected as the first President of Senegal.
  • Oscar Kambona
    🏛️ 1992 🇹🇿 Tanzania
    Oscar Kambona returns to Tanzania after decades in exile, met by supporters at Dar es Salaam International Airport and granted a three-month residency permit to resolve his citizenship status.
  • 🏛️ 2017 Togo's government shuts down the internet for a week to quell government opposition. 🇹🇬 Togo
  • Alpha Condé
    🏛️ 2021 🇬🇳 Guinea
    Guinean President Alpha Condé is deposed in a military coup d’état. 
  • Alpha Condé
    🏛️ 2021 🇬🇳 Guinea
    Guinean President Alpha Condé is deposed in a military coup d'état.

Famous Births

4
  • Bonga
    1942 🇦🇴 Angola
    Bonga (José Adelino Barceló de Carvalho), an Angolan singer, is born.
  • Bonga
    1942 🇦🇴 Angola
    Bonga (José Adelino Barceló de Carvalho), an Angolan singer, is born.
  • Bonga
    1942 🇦🇴 Angola
    Bonga, an Angolan singer, is born.
  • Bonga
    1942 🇦🇴 Angola
    Born in Kipiri, Bengo province, Angola

Famous Deaths

1
  • 🕯️ 2005 A Kavatshi Airlines crashes near Matari Airport in Isiro, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing all 11 people on board. 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo

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