CONGO
1960 – Belgian Congo declares independence from Belgium and becomes the Republic of Congo
1964 – Last UN troops leave Congo
1966 – Léopoldville is renamed Kinshasa
BIRTHDAYS
1960 – Joseph Ilunga Kankolongo aka Lelimba wa Kutshila, lead singer of traditional music band of Kasayi Bayuda du Congo, is born in Kananga, West Kasayi
CONGO
1903 – British government protests against abuses in Belgian Congo
DEATHS
1969 – Moise K Tshombe, premier Congo/Zaire, dies in Algeria
CONGO
1964 – Moise Tshombe forms government in Congo
CONGO
1991 – On his supposedly 25th birthday, Dikembe Mutombo is drafted on the 4th round by the NBA Denver Nuggets
2015 – Emmanuel Mudiayi is drafted on the 7th round by the NBA Denver Nuggets.
BIRTHDAYS
1966 – Jean-Jacques Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba wa Mutombo, former NBA player, is born in Kinshasa. There is a doubt about his birth year though.
CONGO
1967 – Zaire adopts its second constitution.
CONGO
1961 – Moïse Tshombe freed from prison in Congo
BIRTHDAYS
1989 – Cédric Mongongu, football player, is born in Kinshasa
BIRTHDAYS
1954 – André Kimbuta Yango, governor of Kinshasa, is born in Kikwit, Kwilu District, Bandundu Province
CONGO
1887 – Stanley’s expedition reaches Yambuya waterfalls, near Kisangani, Oriental Province
GLOBAL
1907 – 44 nations meet in 2nd Hague Peace Conference
CONGO
1960 – South Kasaï (from Bakwanga to Mwene-Ditu) officially declares its independence from Belgium, weeks before the independence of Congo.
BIRTHDAYS
1971 – Joseph Kabila Kabange, and his twin sister Jane, are born in Hewa Bora, South Kivu
GLOBAL
1989 – Tiananmen Square massacre, what Chinese call June 4th Inicident, see the falling of over 200 hundreds civilians and 7,000 wounded, following hunger strike that escalated into demonstrations and instauration of martial law
GLOBAL
1899 – World Goodwill Day-26 nations meet in 1st Hague Peace Conference
CONGO
1997 – Laurent-Désiré Kabila proclames himself president and Zaïre becomes Democratic Republic of Congo
CONGO
1955 – King Baudouin of Belgium visits Congo
DEATHS
2014 – Mira Mikanza alias KoKo Swing, congolese comedian, dies in Kinshasa
GLOBAL
1995 – In New York City, more than 170 countries decide to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinitely and without conditions.
CONGO
1995 – Kinshasa, Zaire under quarantine after an outbreak of Ebola virus
CONGO
1885 – Congo Free State is formed by King Leopold II of Belgium
CONGO
1961 – Moise Tshombe is arrested.
2014 – At least 23 people die and 19 people are hurt following the crushes during the tribute festival to King Kester Emeneya in Kikwit June 30th Stadium.
GLOBAL
1945 – San Francisco conference is held all through June 26th in presence of delegates from 50 countries convene to review and rewrite Dumbarton Oaks agreements from 1944
CONGO
1884 – US recognizes King Leopold II’s Congo Free State
2014 – A 21 wagon freight train derails in the area of Katongala, Katanga, up-north Kamina. Although the authorities try to minimize the event, NGOs on site evaluate the casualties to over 250 deaths many more hurt.
CONGO
1884 – US Senate accepts Belgian administration of Congo
2014 – Justin-Marie Bomboko Lokumba Is Elenge (Mongo), who became Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1960 under Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, passes away at age 85 in Brussels, Belgium.
GLOBAL
1972 – US, USSR and 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons
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