THIS DAY IN #HISTORY 04/02

This day in #history 04/02

FEBRUARY 4TH

1794 – French National Convention proclaims
abolishment of slavery

1822 – Free American Blacks settle Liberia, West Africa

1938 – Hitler seizes control of German army & puts Nazi in key posts

1941 – British tanks occupy Maus , Libya

1948 – Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) declares
independence from UK

2003 – The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is
officially renamed Serbia and Montenegro and
adopts a new constitution.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1902 – Charles A Lindbergh, Detroit, pilot (1 st to fly solo across Atlantic )

1906 – Clyde William Tombaugh, US , astronomer
(discovered Pluto )

1913 – Rosa Lee Parks, civil rights activist (bus protestor)

1914 – IdaLupino, London England, actress (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)

1959 – Zenani Mandela , daughter of Nelson &
Winnie Mandela

FAMOUS DEATHS

1991 – Bob Leslie, actor (Cinderella, Mako : Jaws  of Death), dies at 64

2003 – Benyoucef Ben Khedda , Algerian politician (b . 1920 )

THIS DAY IN #HISTORY 20/01

This day in #history 20/01

JANUARY 20TH

1502 – The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro
is first explored .

1576 – The Mexican city of León is founded by
order of the viceroy Don Martín Enríquez de
Almansa.

1840 – Dumont D ‘Urville discovers Adélie Land,
Antarctica

1841 – China cedes Hong Kong to British

1921 – Turkey declared in remnants of Ottoman
Empire

1939 – Hitler proclaims to German parliament to
exterminate all European Jews

1945 – FDR sworn- in for an unprecedented 4th
term as president

1945 – Hungary ends its involvement in the
Second World War, agreeing to an armistice with
the Allies.

1989 – Reagan becomes 1 st pres elected in a ” 0″ year, since 1840, to leave office alive

2009 – Barack Obama, inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America, becomes the United States’ first African- American president

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1950 – Mahamane Ousmane, President of Niger

1981 – Timi Dakolo, first winner West Africa Idols,  Nigerian Musician and talented vocalist ( Great Nation, There’s a Cry )
@timidakolo

FAMOUS DEATHS

1992 – Muhammad Abd al – Khaliq Hassuna , sec – gen of Arab League ( 1952- 72), dies

1994 – Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenyan vice-
pres ( 1963- 66) , dies at about 81