| Week
starting Saturday 4 June |
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| Date |
Year |
Event |
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| 4 |
1969 |
Joseph-Désiré Mobutu's troops kill over 100 students
during a demonstration in the Congolese capital Kinshasa. |
| 4 |
1979 |
Balthazar Johannes Vorster, non-executive president of
South Africa, resigns after only eight months in office (he had previously
been prime minister for 12 years). Ill health and the on-going exposure of
the 'Information Scandal' are given as the reason for his departure. |
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For more on 4 June |
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| 5 |
1934 |
Fusion between JMB Hertzog's (South African Prime
Minister from 1924-39) National Party and Jan Smuts' (South African Prime
Minister from 1920-24 and 1939-48) South African Party to create the United
South African Party. DF Malan, and like minded nationalists reject the
merge and form the Gesuiwerde Nationale Party, (GNP, Purified
National Party). |
| 5 |
1977 |
President James Mancham and his Seychelles Peoples
United Party (SPUP) government are removed from office by his one-time
independence struggle ally, France-Albert René, and the Seychelles
Democratic Party (SDP). |
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For more on 5 June |
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| 6 |
1916 |
Lord Kitchener, British hero of several African
campaigns, is killed when the cruiser Hampshire struck a mine off
the Orkneys. |
| 6 |
1975 |
Britain, France, and the United States use their UN
Security Council veto to stop a proposed arms embargo against South Africa. |
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For more on 6 June |
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| 7 |
1962 |
Phosphorous bombs are detonated at Algiers University by
members of the Organisation de l'Armee Secrete (OAS), a secret
(terrorist) French army organisation opposed to the withdrawal of French
troops from Algeria. |
| 7 |
1991 |
Zahi Hawass and fellow Egyptologists announce the
discovery of a workers' cemetery and village just beyond Heit el-Shorab
(the Wall of the Crow) near the Sphinx, Giza. |
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For more on 7 June |
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| 8 |
1904 |
US Marines land at the Moroccan port of Tangier. |
| 8 |
1962 |
Following the burning of Algiers University yesterday,
the Organisation de l'Armee Secrete (OAS) terrorist campaign
continues with a bomb attack on the Hassi Touareg old filed - most of the
country's wealth is dependent on its oil resources. The OAS, a secret
(terrorist) French army organisation, is opposed to the withdrawal of
French troops and the granting of independence to Algeria. |
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For more on 8 June |
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| 9 |
1901 |
Hajj Muhammad bin Abdullah Hassan, known to the British
as the Mad Mullah, is defeated by British forces under the command of
Colonel Swane. |
| 9 |
1911 |
The Italian foreign minister announces that his
countries interests in Africa are limited to Tripolitania and Cyrenaica -
the only territories in North Africa which are not under European control
(it is currently held by Turkey). |
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For more on 9 June |
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| 10 |
1911 |
France, who sent military aid to the Sultan of Morocco
to help quell a revolt, protests the landing of Spanish troops at Larrache,
south of Tangier. |
| 10 |
1940 |
World War II: North Africa
British forces in North and East Africa are on alert as Italy declares war
on Britain and France. |
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For more on 10 June |
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