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The Poet Who Led Angola to Freedom
On September 17, 1922, in Angola, Antônio Agostinho Neto was born into a land under Portuguese colonial rule. The child who arrived that day would become a physician and poet, but history would demand more. Decades later...
Celebrated across Africa on this day
1Historical Events
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American abolitionist Harriet Tubman makes her first attempt to escape from slavery. - 1974 Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations. 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau
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Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America. - 2009 The University of Seychelles (UniSey) is established. 🇸🇨 Seychelles
Famous Births
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António Agostinho Neto, Angola’s first president, is born. -
Agostinho Neto born in the rural village of Caxicane, in the Ícolo e Bengo region of Portuguese Angola, into a Methodist Protestant family.
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António Agostinho Neto, Angola's first president, is born.
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Hesham Qandil, the 51st Prime Minister of Egypt, is born. -
Oliver Risser, Namibian footballer, is born.
Famous Deaths
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Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the 7th President of Algeria, dies.