| Week
starting Saturday 18 June |
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| Date |
Year |
Event |
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| 18 |
1950 |
Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Yemen sign a
security pact. |
| 18 |
1953 |
King Faud is deposed by the Egyptian army under the command
of General Mohammed Neguib and Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser. Egypt becomes a
republic. |
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For more on 18 June |
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| 19 |
1913 |
Black (or Natives) Land Act (No. 27 of 1913) commences -
under the act Black Africans are no longer be able to own or even rent land
outside of designated reserves (which amount to approximately 7% of South
Africa's land). |
| 19 |
1942 |
World War II: North Africa
British forces withdraw to the Egyptian border, Tobruk is now isolated. |
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For more on 19 June |
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| 20 |
1961 |
General Nasser, president of Egypt, announces a plan to
protect the ancient temples at Abu Simbel by moving them to a nearby site above
the expected floodwater level of the Aswan Dam. Abu Simbel is the site of two
rock-cut temples of Rameses II - the facade of the largest one is particularly
known for its gigantic seated figures. |
| 20 |
1965 |
Following an unexpected coup by his defence minister Colonel
Houari Boumedienne, the Algerian President Ben Bella is arrested and placed in
detention. |
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For more on 20 June |
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| 21 |
1927 |
South Africa: The Flag Dispute
Following the introduction of a bill to provide a national flag for the Union of
South Africa (in 1925 by DF Malan), Afrikaner nationalists have rebelled against
plans to have a Union Jack in the centre. |
| 21 |
1942 |
World War II: North Africa
Considered by Winston Churchill as "one of the heaviest blows I can
recall during the war", Rommel's Panzerarmee Afrika captures Tobruk.
Allied forces are overrun and 25,000 are captured. |
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For more on 21 June |
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| 22 |
1942 |
World War II: North Africa
Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal |
| 22 |
1989 |
União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA,
National Union for the Total Independence of Angola) rebels and Angola's
Soviet-backed government Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (MPLA,
People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola) agree to a cease-fire at talks
in Gbadolite, Zaire. |
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For more on 22 June |
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| 23 |
1956 |
General Nasser (Khalid Gamal`Abd an-Nasir) is officially
elected president of Egypt - although he has been the effective leader of Egypt
since 14 Nov 1954 in the role of Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council. |
| 23 |
1960 |
In preparation for Zaire's independence from Belgium on 30
June (formally Belgisch Congo and Congo Free State) Patrice Lumumba
becomes the country's first prime minister. |
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For more on 23 June |
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| 24 |
1956 |
A BOAC airliner crashes in Nigeria, at least 26 are killed. |
| 24 |
1977 |
Bishop Josiah Kirbira of Tanzania is the first African to
preside over the Lutheran World Federation. |
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For more on 24 June |
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