| Week
starting Monday 25 October |
|
| Date |
Year |
Event
|
|
| 25 |
1976 |
Transkei becomes the first black homeland, or Bantustan, to
be given independence in South Africa. |
|
| 26 |
1954 |
Moslem Brotherhood fail in an attempt to kill Egyptian leader
Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser. |
|
| 27 |
1954 |
Offices of Moslem Brotherhood are burnt down by mob in Cairo. |
| 27 |
1964 |
British Prime Minister warns Rhodesian Prime Minister, Ian
Smith, that their government would be committing treason if they go ahead with a
unilateral declaration of independence. |
| 27 |
1971 |
Congo is renamed Zaire. |
|
| 28 |
1955 |
Israeli forces kill ten Egyptians during a rain in the Sinai. |
| 28 |
1963 |
Colonel Christophe Soglo, army chief-of-staff, in Dahomey
[now Benin] finally establishes himself as military president after deposing
President Hubert Coutoucou Maga. Maga was the third leader that Soglo had helped
into power, only to be removed when they proved unable to cope. Soglo was
overthrown by younger military officers in 1967. |
| 28 |
1991 |
President Sese Seko Mobutu orders Belgium to withdraw all its
troops from Zaire. |
|
| 29 |
1956 |
Israeli troops cross the 120 mile border with Egypt and
entered the Sanai Peninsula. |
| 29 |
1974 |
Muhammad Ali defeats George Foreman in world heavyweight
championship, Zaire. |
|
| 30 |
1942 |
Montgomery and the Eighth Army are triumphant at El Alamein. |
| 30 |
1952 |
Troops round up 500 Mau Mau suspects in Kenya. |
| 30 |
1956 |
France and Britain instruct Egypt and Israel to withdraw from
the Suez Canal. |
| 30 |
1961 |
Congolese army begins an offensive against Katangan rebels. |
| 30 |
1969 |
Nairobi President Kanyatta bans the Kenya Peoples Union and
arrests its leader Oginga Odinga. |
| 30 |
1978 |
Reports of fighting between Ugandan and Tanzanian troops in
Uganda. |
|
| 31 |
1956 |
Following a 12 hour ultimatum to Egypt and Israel, British
and French forces bombard military airfields near Cairo in the Suez Canal Zone.
Colonel Nasser calls it "an attack on the rights and dignity of Egypt."
US officials, convinced that they are working in collusion with Israel, censure
Britain and France during a UN Security Council debate, requesting that "all
UN members refrain from the use of force or threat of force and refrain from
giving aid to Israel." |
| 31 |
1976 |
Rhodesian commandos launch a raid across the border into
Mozambique. |
| 31 |
1995 |
Nigerian political activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa is one of eight
people sentenced to death for the death of four Ogoni leaders (who died during a
protest rally). Saro-Wiwa prominently protested on behalf of the Ogonis against
pollution of their land by old companies. The murders are believed to have been
carried out on the instructions of General Sani Abacha who heads the counties
military regime. |
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