| Week
starting Monday 15 November |
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| Date |
Year |
Event
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| 15 |
1942 |
World War II: North Africa
Allied victory declared at El Alamein. |
| 15 |
1979 |
Mt. Sinai and the surrounding territory is restored to
Egyptian control by Israel. |
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For more African history
events on 15 November |
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| 16 |
1930 |
Birth of Chinua Achebe, Nigerian (Igbo) novelist, whose
first novel Things Fall Apart was published in 1958. |
| 16 |
1961 |
After the bodies of 13 Italian UN soldiers are
"sold" in a Congo market, UN Secretary-General U Thant orders UN
forces to punish those responsible. |
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|
For more African history
events on 16 November |
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| 17 |
1964 |
British government imposes arms embargo on South Africa. |
|
| 18 |
1901 |
A white paper is published by the British government
explaining the need for concentration camps in South Africa. |
| 18 |
1957 |
The creation of a Federal Union of Egypt and Syria is
approved by a joint Egyptian-Syrian parliamentary meeting. |
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|
For more African history
events on 18 November |
|
| 19 |
1924 |
The Governor General of Sudan, Sir Lee Stack, is killed
in Cairo. |
| 19 |
1968 |
President Modibo Keita of Mali is deposed by the army in
a bloodless coup. |
|
| 20 |
1961 |
Ben Bella is recognized as a political prisoner in
Algeria following a hunger strike. |
|
| 21 |
1985 |
Thirteen Blacks are gunned down in Mamelodi by South
African police. |
| 21 |
1991 |
Egyptian Boutros Boutros Ghali is selected as UN
Secretary General. |
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For more African history
events on 21 November |
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