1906 – US president Roosevelt attacks abuses in the Congo
[Today in History] December 10th
1996 – Rwandan Genocide: Military advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General and head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations of the United Nations Maurice Baril recommends that the UN multi-national forces in Zaire stand down.
2018 – Denis Mukwege gave his acceptance lecture in Oslo.
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[Today in History] December 9th
CONGO
1906 – NY American reports Belgian King Leopold II bribed US Senate commission on the Congo
[Today in History] December 5th
1887 – Stanley’s expedition reaches the plateau at Lake Albert
2005 – The Lake Tanganyika earthquake causes significant damage, mostly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
[Today in History] December 1st
1960 – Patrice Lumumba caught
[Today in History] November 30th
2012 – At least 32 people are killed in a Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane operated by Trans Air Congo crashes 850 meters short of runway 5L of the Congo’s Maya-Maya Airport in Brazzaville
DEATHS
2013 – Tabu Ley Rochereau dies in Brussels, Belgium.
[Today in History] November 27th
1960 – Patrice Lumumba flees Leopoldville Congo
BIRTHDAYS
1939 – Laurent-Désiré Kabila, former president, is born in Jadotville (Likasi), Katanga
[Today in History] November 24th
1964 – Rebellion ends in Zaire
1965 – Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu becomes President of Zaire; Congo milt coup under Gen Mobutu, Pres Kasavubu overthrown
1966 – 1st TV station in Congo, Kinshasa (Zaire)
[Today in History] November 23rd
1892 – Battle of Lomani Congo: Belgian unit beats Arabs, 1000-3000 killed
[Today in History] November 21st
1880 – Henry Stanley & Pierre de Brazza quarrel about possession of Congo
[Today in History] November 19th
1996 – Lt. Gen. Maurice Baril of Canada arrives in Africa to lead a multi-national policing force in Zaïre.
[Today in History] November 15th
1908 – King Leopold II’s formal relinquishment of his personal control over the state to Belgium. Belgium annexes Congo Free State that becomes Belgian Congo.
[Today in History] November 14th
1960 – Belgium threatens to leave UN due to criticism on its policy on Congo
[Today in History] November 13th
BIRTHDAYS
1940 – Pascal Emmanuel Tabu Ley aka Tabu Ley Rochereau is born in Bagata
[Today in History] November 11th
1961 – Congolese soldiers kill 13 Italian UN pilots
[Today in History] November 10th
BIRTHDAYS
1919 – Moïse Antonin Kapenda-Tshombe, leader of the Lunda people and descent of Mwata Yamvo, is born in Musumba, Lualaba Province, Katanga
[Today in History] November 9th
BIRTHDAYS
1954 – Birth of Élisabeth Finant aka Abeti Masikini, daughter of Jean Pierre Finant, first governor of Oriental Province, in Stanleyville (Kisangani)
[Today in History] November 8th
1884 – German government recognizes King Leopold II’s Congo Free State
[Today in History] November 3rd
1969 – Congo president Mobutu visits Belgium
[Today in History] November 1st
1959 – Patrice Lumumba arrested in Belgian Congo
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