THIS DAY IN HISTORY 06/04

This Day in History 06/04

APRIL 6TH

1652 – Cape Colony, the 1st European settlement in South Africa, established by Dutch East India Company under John of Riebeeck

1886 – Declaration of Berlin neutralizes Tonga

1889 – George Eastman places Kodak Camera on sale for 1st time

1890 – French troops under capt Archinard occupy Segu, West-Sudan

1906 – 1st animated cartoon copyrighted

1917 – US declares war on Germany, enters World War I

1919 – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi orders a General Strike.

1981 – Yugoslav government sends troops to Kosovo

1985 – Sudan suspends constitution after coup under general Swarreddahab

1992 – Microsoft announced Windows 3.1, upgrading Windows 3.0

1994 – The Rwandan Genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down.

2004 – Rolandas Paksas becomes the first president of Lithuania to be peacefully removed from the post by impeachment.

2005 – Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani becomes the Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named premier the next day.

2013 – 11 people are killed in an attack on a village in Midlu, Nigeria

2013 – Bayern Munich win their 23rd German Bundesliga title with 6 games to spare

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1928 – James Watson, American chemist (co-discovered structure of DNA)

1988 – Fabrice Muamba, Anglo-Congolese footballer

FAMOUS DEATHS

1992 – Isaac Asimov, Sci-Fi author (I Robot), dies from kidney failure at 72

1994 – Agatha Uwilingiyimana, Rwanda/1st female PM in Africa, assassinated

1994 – Cyprian Niayamira, president of Burundi (1993-94), assassinated

2003 – Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer (b. 1927)

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THIS DAY IN ANCIENT IBADAN’S HISTORY

This Day 6th of April I934

On 6 April 1934, the Ibadan Native Authority gained official recognition of its independence from the Oyo province. Seven months later, Resident Ward-Price transferred the headquarters of Oyo province back to Ibadan. The return of the Residency to Ibadan during November 1934 inaugurated the city‟s reclaimed sovereignty in both practical and ideological terms. In 1934, Ibadan and its towns were separated from Oyo and the power and responsibility for Ibadan affairs

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