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Apartheid's Architect Falls: Verwoerd Assassinated in Parliament
On September 6, 1966, the House of Assembly in Cape Town became the stage for a violent rupture in South African history. Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the chief architect of apartheid, was stabbed during a parliament...
Celebrated across Africa on this day
1Historical Events
6- 1968 Swaziland (Eswatini) attains independence from Britain. 🇸🇿 Eswatini
- 1968 Swaziland (Eswatini) attains independence from Britain. 🇸🇿 Eswatini
- 1968 Swaziland attains independence from Britain. 🇸🇿 Eswatini
- 2002 Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo sign a peace agreement in Luanda, Angola. Uganda must withdraw its troops, and Congo must take action against rebels hostile to Uganda's government.
- 2013 Forty-one elephants are poisoned with cyanide in salt pans by poachers in Hwange National Park. 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
- 2024 Tragic School Fire in Kenya: A fire at a primary school in Kenya resulted in the deaths of 17 students, with 13 others suffering serious burns. This incident sparked widespread grief and concern within the community 🇰🇪 Kenya
Famous Births
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Sylvanus Olympio, the first President of Togo, is born.
Famous Deaths
3- 1966 Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid, is stabbed to death in Cape Town, South Africa during a parliamentary meeting. 🇿🇦 South Africa
- 2003 The Queen Mother of Lesotho, Mamohato Bereng Seeiso, dies. 🇱🇸 Lesotho
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Robert Mugabe, the second President of Zimbabwe, dies.