1879 – Henry Morton Stanley departs for the Congo
[Today in History] December 14th
1882 – Henry Morton Stanley returns to Brussels from the Congo
BIRTHDAYS
1932 – Étienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba, politician and former prime minister, is born in Kananga, West Kasaï Province
[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] November 21st
1880 – Henry Stanley & Pierre de Brazza quarrel about possession of Congo
[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] 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] August 13th
CONGO
1881 – Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with one of the Congolese monarch
2004 – 156 Congolese Tutsi refugees massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
[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
[Documentary] Black Heart, White Men (2011)
The documentary is similar to Kongo. Obviously the same team produced both versions but this one with shorter editing (2 hours instead of 2 hours and 30 minutes) and some archive images are different. Also this one comes with English subtitles (click on CC).
French with English subs
[Documentary] Kongo (2010)
Ce documentaire, mélangeant animations et images d’archives, couvre l’histoire du Congo depuis sa découverte par Duarte Lopes jusqu’àa l’avènement de Joseph Kabila… ***CERTAINES IMAGES PEUVENT CHOQUER***
Français
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