National Archives of Malawi — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1964 Malawi, formerly the British protectorate of Nyasaland, gained independence.
IndependenceOn this day — July 6 in African history
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National Archives of Malawi — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1964 
Photo by Peter Williams, ICRC — CC0 1.0, Wikimedia Commons Nigerian federal troops crossed into Biafra, beginning the Nigerian Civil War.
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Zscout370 and contributors — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1975 Comoros declared independence from France.
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Unknown photographer (published San Francisco Examiner, 1976) — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons The South African government abandoned its policy of compulsory Afrikaans-medium instruction in Black schools in the wake of the Soweto uprising.
PoliticsA Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeated Byzantine forces near Heliopolis in Egypt, a decisive battle in the Muslim conquest of Egypt.
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Portuguese National Mint — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1484 Portuguese navigator Diogo Cão became the first European to find the mouth of the Congo River.
History National Archives of Malawi — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1966 Malawi became a republic within the Commonwealth, with Hastings Banda as its first president.
PoliticsBessie Head, the acclaimed Botswanan writer known for novels such as 'When Rain Clouds Gather', was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
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