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Brazil's Free Womb Law: The Beginning of Slavery's End
On September 28, 1871, Brazil's Parliament passed the Lei do Ventre Livre—the Law of the Free Womb. The legislation declared that all children born to enslaved mothers from that date forward would be born free, and that...
Celebrated across Africa on this day
3Historical Events
10- 1871 The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves. Brazil
- 1919 Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. United States
- 1919 Race riots erupt in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. United States
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Abbé Fulbert Youlou supports the French Community referendum that accelerates the autonomy of Moyen-Congo. -
Ahmed Sékou Touré's call prevails as Guinean voters reject the French Community by roughly 95 percent, the only French African colony to vote No. - 1995 Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of the Comoros in a coup. 🇰🇲 Comoros
- 1995 Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries seize the Comoros islands in a coup. 🇰🇲 Comoros
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Guinea's military junta led by Captain Moussa Dadis Camara attacks a protest rally, killing 157, injuring 1,253 and about 100 raped. - 2012 Somali and African Union forces launch a coordinated assault on the Somali port of Kismayo to take back the city from al-Shabaab militants. 🇸🇴 Somalia
- 2012 Somali and African Union forces launch a coordinated assault on the port of Kismayo to reclaim it from al-Shabaab militants. 🇸🇴 Somalia
Famous Births
3- 1924 António Jacinto, an Angolan poet and politician, is born. 🇦🇴 Angola
- 1924 António Jacinto, an Angolan poet and politician, is born. 🇦🇴 Angola
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Meskerem Legesse, an Ethiopian runner, is born.
Famous Deaths
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Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser dies of a heart attack. - 1983 John Pat, a 16-year old Aboriginal Australian boy, dies of injuries sustained by four off-duty police officers in Roebourne, a catalyst to the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. Australia
- 1983 John Pat, a 16-year-old Aboriginal Australian boy, dies from injuries inflicted by four off-duty police officers in Roebourne. Australia