| Week
starting Saturday 3 September |
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| Date |
Year |
Event |
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| 3 |
1960 |
Julius Kambarage Nyerere becomes Chief Minister (later
to be Prime Minister and then President) when his Tanganyika African
National Union (TANU) party won 70 of the 71 seats in an election. |
| 3 |
1987 |
President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza of Burundi is ousted by
military coup, Pierre Buyoya replaces him as the Chairman of the Military
Committee for National Salvation. |
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For more on 3
September |
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| 4 |
1900 |
Danie Theron, a true Afrikaner patriot believing in the
just and divine right of the Boer to stand against British interference,
died during the Second Anglo-Boer War in an inferno of lyddite and
shrapnel. Find
out why. |
| 4 |
1942 |
World War II: North Africa
The 2nd New Zealand Division at Alam Nayil Ridge makes a brief
counter-attack against Rommel's forces, hoping to close up gaps in the
front where the Deutsches Afrikakorps (DAK) had pushed through minefields. |
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For more on 4
September |
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| 5 |
1942 |
World War II: North Africa
President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill reach an agreement over the plan
for Operation 'Torch'. Roughly 130,000 American troops will be landed at
Casablanca, Oran, and Algiers, with those landing at Casablanca coming from
the USA and the others form Britain. Only the date is still to be agreed. |
| 5 |
1960 |
Léopold Sédar Senghor, poet, is the first president of
the recently independent Republic of Senegal. |
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For more on 5
September |
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| 6 |
1966 |
South African prime minister, Hendrik Verwoerd, is
assassinated whilst in parliament. |
| 6 |
1968 |
Swaziland achieves independence from British
administration. King Sobhuza II, of the ruling Dlamini house, is recognised
as constitutional monarch (paramount chief). |
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|
For more on 6
September |
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| 7 |
1952 |
Ali Mahir Pasha again resigns from appointment as prime
minister of Egypt. General Muhammad Naguib takes over post of president,
prime minister, minister of war and commander-in-chief of the army. |
| 7 |
1986 |
Desmond Tutu is enthroned as Archbishop of Cape Town -
the first black archbishop of the South African Anglican church. |
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|
For more on 7
September |
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| 8 |
1964 |
Christophe Gbenyé declares himself president of the
People's Republic of Congo, this was a government in rebellion against the
presidency of Joseph Kasavubu. |
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For more on 8
September |
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| 9 |
1985 |
American President Ronald Reagan reverses his earlier
stance on South Africa and agrees to limited sanctions. |
| 9 |
1990 |
Samuel Kanyon Doe, president of Liberia since 25 Jul
1984, is beaten to death. |
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For more on 9
September |
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