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Sarafina!
Sarafina is a 1992 musical drama film set in apartheid-era South Africa. The story revolves around a young black girl named Sarafina, played by Whoopi Goldberg, and her involvement in the Soweto Uprising of 1976. Sarafin...
Historical Events
20- 1850 The U.S. Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. United States
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Fritz Pollard becomes the first African American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros. -
Abd el-Krim leads Berber secessionists in proclaiming the Republic of the Rif against Morocco's Sultan and Spanish colonial forces. -
Rif War: In Ajdir, Spanish Morocco, a secessionist group of Berbers led by Abd el-Krim proclaim the Republic of the Rif, in rebellion against the Sultan of Morocco and the Spanish Army. French and Spanish forces suppress the Republic by May 1926.
- 1924 The United States ends its military occupation of the Dominican Republic after invading in 1916. Dominican Republic
- 1924 The U.S. ends its military occupation of the Dominican Republic, after invading in May 1916 to force the Dominican government to pay its debts to European creditors. Dominican Republic
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UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in an air crash while negotiating peace in Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in an air crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- 1962 Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda, and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations.
- 1962 Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations. Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda, Trinidad and Tobago
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General Henri Namphy, president of Haiti, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by General Prosper Avril. -
General Prosper Avril leads a coup d'état that ousts Haitian president General Henri Namphy from power.
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An attempted coup d'état against Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaoré is uncovered and foiled. -
An attempted coup d'état against Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaoré is uncovered and foiled.
- 1992 The South African movie Sarafina is released. 🇿🇦 South Africa
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Kuaima Riruako announces the formal withdrawal of NUDO from the DTA, resigns from the National Assembly, and refocuses on building NUDO as an independent political party championing traditional reparations. - 2017 Lesotho becomes the first African country to legalise the cultivation of marijuana for medicinal purposes. 🇱🇸 Lesotho
- 2017 Lesotho becomes the first African country to legalize marijuana cultivation for medicinal purposes. 🇱🇸 Lesotho
- 2018 South Africa's Constitutional court legalizes the use of cannabis by adults in private places. 🇿🇦 South Africa
- 2018 South Africa's Constitutional Court legalizes cannabis use by adults in private places. 🇿🇦 South Africa
Famous Births
2- 1978 Augustine Simo, a Cameroonian footballer, is born. 🇨🇲 Cameroon
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Zozibini Tunzi, a South African model, is born.
