Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1963 The Central African Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland officially dissolved, its territories later becoming Zambia, Malawi and Rhodesia.
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Mark Renders, European Communities — CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1981 A coup d'état in Ghana led by Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings removed President Hilla Limann's government and installed the Provisional National Defence Council.
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Bayo Omoboriowo — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1983 A coup d'état in Nigeria led by Major General Muhammadu Buhari ended the Second Nigerian Republic.
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Zscout370 — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 2001 Rwanda adopted a new national flag and anthem, replacing symbols associated with the era of the 1994 genocide.
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Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1891 Samuel Ajayi Crowther, the first African Anglican bishop and a pioneer of written Yoruba, died.
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