1953, 5 July
During the most recent drive against terrorism in Kenya, ninty-nine Mau Mau are killed.
1961, 5 July
As France announces that the Sahara will not be included in it's plan for an independent Algeria, 80 people are killed and another 260 injured in nationalist lead riots.
1969, 5 July
Tom Mboya, Kenyan Minister of Economic Affairs, is assassinated. Allegations which linked the assassin to prominent KANU party members are dismissed, and in the ensuing political turmoil Jomo Kenyatta bans the opposition party, the Kenya People's Union (KPU), and arrests its leader Oginga Odinga (who was also a leading Luo representative).
1975, 5 July
Cape Verde gains independence from Portugal (Cabo Verde).
