CONGO
1964 – Moise Tshombe forms government in Congo
[Today in History] June 25th
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.
[Today in History] June 24th
CONGO
1967 – Zaire adopts its second constitution.
[Today in History] June 22nd
CONGO
1961 – Moïse Tshombe freed from prison in Congo
BIRTHDAYS
1989 – Cédric Mongongu, football player, is born in Kinshasa
[Documentary] Qui a volé l’épée?
Malheureusement incomplet.
JT Lingala Facile
[Today in History] June 16th
BIRTHDAYS
1954 – André Kimbuta Yango, governor of Kinshasa, is born in Kikwit, Kwilu District, Bandundu Province
[Today in History] June 15th
CONGO
1887 – Stanley’s expedition reaches Yambuya waterfalls, near Kisangani, Oriental Province
GLOBAL
1907 – 44 nations meet in 2nd Hague Peace Conference
[Today in History] June 14th
CONGO
1960 – South Kasaï (from Bakwanga to Mwene-Ditu) officially declares its independence from Belgium, weeks before the independence of Congo.
[Documentary] En cinquante ans (1958)
Vision très colpnialiste et paternaliste de l’époque. Ne soyez pas choqués!
Director: Gérard De Boe
[Documentary] Les oubliés du Katanga
Version Française
English Version
[Today in History] June 4th
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
[Documentary] Moïse Tshombé, un visionnaire assassiné
Ce documentaire, datant, je pense, des années 75-80, traite principalement de la période de troubles suivant l’indépendance, de 1963 à 1969, notamment des tentatives de prise de pouvoir de Moïse Tshombe alors opposé à Mobutu.
Certaines images peuvent choquer.
[Documentary] L’Afrique en Morceaux (2000)
La tragédie des Grands Lacs
Citùpà 1:
Citùpà 2:
[Today in History] May 18th
GLOBAL
1899 – World Goodwill Day-26 nations meet in 1st Hague Peace Conference
[Today in History] May 17th
CONGO
1997 – Laurent-Désiré Kabila proclames himself president and Zaïre becomes Democratic Republic of Congo
[Today in History] May 16th
CONGO
1955 – King Baudouin of Belgium visits Congo
[Today in History] May 11th
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.
[Today in History] May 9th
CONGO
1995 – Kinshasa, Zaire under quarantine after an outbreak of Ebola virus
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