CONGO
1961 – Joseph Ileo appointed premier of Congo
[Today in History] January 17th
CONGO
1961 – Eisenhower allegedly orders assassination of Congo’s Lumumba
1977 – Mobutu visits Belgium
2002 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people.
DEATHS
1961 – Patrice Lumumba is assassinated in
[Today in History] December 27th
1884 – Netherlands recognizes King Leopold II’s Congo Free State
1961 – Belgium & Congo resume diplomatic relations
[Today in History] November 11th
1961 – Congolese soldiers kill 13 Italian UN pilots
[Today in History] September 13th
CONGO
1961 – Battles between UN & Katanga troops in Congo
[Today in History] June 22nd
CONGO
1961 – Moïse Tshombe freed from prison in Congo
BIRTHDAYS
1989 – Cédric Mongongu, football player, is born in Kinshasa
[Today in History] April 25th
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
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