CONGO
1974 – Muhammad Ali KOs George Foreman in 8th round in Kinshasa Zaire (‘The Rumble in the Jungle’)
[Today in History] October 27th
1964 – Congo rebel leader Christopher Gbenye holds 60 Americans and 800 Belgians during the Simba revolution
1971 – Republic of Congo becomes Republic of Zaire
[Today in History] October 25th
CONGO
2012 – Four men in arms attack Denis Mukengere Mukwege’s residence and hold his daughters hostages while waiting. Upon Dr Mukwege’s return, they try to kill him but his guard intervenes and is shot dead in his stand.
2014 – Between 100 and 200 people have drowned following the heavy rains in Bushushu, Kalehe district, South Kivu
[Today in History] October 24th
1996 – When Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi start their offensive against Congo starts the First Congo War.
BIRTHDAYS
1987 – Anthony Vanden Borre, football player, is born in Likasi, Katanga Province
[Today in History] October 20th
1908 – King Leopold II sells Congo to Belgium
[Today in History] October 18th
1908 – Belgium annexes Congo Free State
[Today in History] October 15th
GLOBAL
1582 – Many Catholic countries switch to Gregorian calendar, skip 10 days
[Today in History] October 12th
1881 – Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with one of the Congolese monarch
DEATHS
1951 – Simon Kimbangu, Congo prophet, dies in captivity at 62
1989 – Franco Luambo Makiadi dies at 51
[Today in History] October 11th
1998 – A Congo Airlines Boeing 727 is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 40 people.
[Today in History] October 5th
2018 – Denis Mukwege, the internationally famous gynecologist, wins Nobel Peace Prize.
[Today in History] October 3rd
CONGO
1890 – Capt. Guillaume of Kerckhoven marches into Boma, Congo
1948 – Columbia U reports discovery of uranium in Belgian Congo
[Today in History] September 29th
CONGO
1881 – Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with one of the Congolese monarch
1962 – UNIMO (UNIon de MOngo) is founded, directed by Bomboka Ndjoku and its headquarters located at Coquilhatville (Mbandaka).
[Today in History] September 28th
BIRTHS
1983 – Ardiles-Waku Menga, footballer evolving in Germany, is born in Kinshasa
DEATHS
1994 – Abeti Masikini dies of cervical cancer in Villejuif, France.
[Today in History] September 22nd
CONGO
2014 – Shipwreck on Lwanga Tshimu river, near Kamako, Western Kasayi around 30 missing and 4 survivors.
BIRTHDAYS
1928 – Justin-Marie Bomboko Lokumba Is Elenge (Mongo), future Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1960 under Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba
1988 – Joel Omari Tshibamba, football player, is born in Kinshasa
[Today in History] September 19th
CONGO
1903 – King Leopold II denies Belgian cruelty in Congo
[Today in History] September 14th
CONGO
1876 – Leopold II closes Congo-conference
1960 – Coup under Col Joseph-Desire Mobutu in Congo
[Today in History] September 13th
CONGO
1961 – Battles between UN & Katanga troops in Congo
[Today in History] September 12th
CONGO
1876 – King Leopold II opens Congo conference
[Today in History] September 10th
CONGO
2006 – Gary Kikaya gets the silver medal at the world championship in Stuttgart, Germany and set the African record on 400m at 44’10”. The record fell 10 years later in 2016, beaten by Wayde Van Niekerk from South Africa.
[Today in History] September 5th
1960 – President Kasa-Vubu fires premier Patrice Lumumba
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