1964, 6 July
Malawi gains independence from Britain (was Nyasaland, then federated with Northern and Southern Rhodesia between 1953 and 1963), with former Prime Minister, Hastings Kamuzu Banda, as president.
1973, 6 July
Two hundred and seventy-eight children and staff are kidnapped from a Roman Catholic mission school by guerrillas in Rhodesia.
1975, 6 July
Comoros gains independence from France (Archipel des Comores), except for the island of Mayotte which remains a French Overseas Territory.
