| Week
starting Saturday 28 May |
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| Date |
Year |
Event |
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| 28 |
1902 |
Boer War: Peace
Boer negotiators are handed the final British proposals for the Boer
surrender. The offer includes a general amnesty for all burghers except for
rebels and those involved in (listed) war crimes. Rebel leaders are to be
put on trial. |
| 28 |
1941 |
World War II: North Africa
Max Schmeling, German ex-world heavyweight boxing champion, is captured
whilst trying to flee British troops in Egypt. |
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For more on 28 May |
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| 29 |
1950 |
A "day of morning" protest is planned by
non-whites against the Apartheid governments latest racial legislation. |
| 29 |
1995 |
France is accused by the Human Rights Arms Project of
arming and training the Hutu extremists who organised the genocide in
Rwanda. |
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For more on 29 May |
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| 30 |
1924 |
Southern Rhodesia becomes a self-governing colony with
the first meeting of its National Assembly. |
| 30 |
1967 |
The Eastern region of Nigeria, Biafra, secedes from the
country. |
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For more on 30 May |
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| 31 |
1910 |
Union
of South Africa is inaugurated, eight years after the declaration of
peace at Vereeniging, from four colonies: Cape Colony, Natal, Orange River
Colony (Oranje Vrij Staat), and the Transvaal (Zuid Afrikaansche
Republick). |
| 31 |
1966 |
Joseph-Désiré Mobutu's military government in the
Congo has four former ministers sentenced to death for treason, murder, and
an attempted coup. (Mobutu will change his name to Mobutu Sese Seko on 10
January 1972.) |
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For more on 31 May |
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| June |
|
| 1 |
1955 |
Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian nationalist, returns from
exile on Iles de Groix (off the Bretagne coast, France). |
| 1 |
1961 |
British Cameroon North, a US trust once the German
colony of Kamerun is incorporated into Nigeria after a plebiscite is
held. |
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For more on 1 June |
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| 2 |
1944 |
World War II: North Africa
North Africa is used as a base of operations for Operation Frantic -- 130
Flying Fortresses fly to Russia, bombing targets in Rumania and Hungary as
they go. |
| 2 |
1966 |
The four former ministers sentenced to death for
treason, murder, and an attempted coup by Joseph-Désiré Mobutu's military
government in the Congo are hanged. |
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For more on 2 June |
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| 3 |
1946 |
A bill to curtail land ownership and voting rights of
Asians in South Africa is adopted by the government. |
| 3 |
1955 |
Tunisia achieves (limited) self-government with the
return of Habib Bourguiba. Muhammad al-Amin ibn Muhammad, the Pacha Bey,
will remain the head of state for two more years whilst Bourguiba
consolidates his power base. |
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For more on 3 June |
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