This Day in African History: 14 May
1897, 14 May
For a large tract of British Somaliland (Western Hawd), and a right for duty free imports through the port of Zeila, Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia agrees to give aid to the British against the Mahdists -- he agrees at the same time to a commercial pact with the Mahdists.
1910, 14 May
Britain, Germany, and Belgium hold a conference to set the frontiers of the Belgian Congo.
1925, 14 May
France has had limited successes against the Rif rebels and their leader Abd al-Krim.
1931, 14 May
Riots disrupt the general election in Cairo; 23 die and 180 are injured.
1948, 14 May
Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel by David Ben-Gurion in Tel Aviv.
1951, 14 May
After a vote dominated by the Afrikaner Nationalist majority in the South African Parliament people of Colour (i.e. mixed race) will be removed from the electoral register. The Minister of the Interior, Dr Theophilus Donges, has said it is necessary to avoid the collapse of white civilisation in the whole of Africa.
1964, 14 May
Soviet premier Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev and Egyptian premier Gamal Abdel Nasser officiate at the ceremony to blow up a sand barrage and divert the Nile into a temporary canal -- to allow the next stage of the construction of the Aswan High Dam. International appeals are being made to save Egypt's ancient temples and tombs which will be flooded when the dam is finally completed.
1978, 14 May
Communist-backed Katangan gendarmes, who had been living in neighbouring Angola, have invaded the region around Kolwezi in southern Zaire.
Zairian troops have been sent into quell the violence.
1991, 14 May
Winnie Nomzamo Madikizela-Mandela is sentenced to six years for her 'complicity' in the kidnapping and beating of four youths, one of whom was later found dead. The actual crime was committed by her 'thuggish' bodyguards, the 'Mandela United Football Club. Madikizela-Mandela is released on bail pending an appeal.
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For a large tract of British Somaliland (Western Hawd), and a right for duty free imports through the port of Zeila, Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia agrees to give aid to the British against the Mahdists -- he agrees at the same time to a commercial pact with the Mahdists.
1910, 14 May
Britain, Germany, and Belgium hold a conference to set the frontiers of the Belgian Congo.
1925, 14 May
France has had limited successes against the Rif rebels and their leader Abd al-Krim.
1931, 14 May
Riots disrupt the general election in Cairo; 23 die and 180 are injured.
1948, 14 May
Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel by David Ben-Gurion in Tel Aviv.
1951, 14 May
After a vote dominated by the Afrikaner Nationalist majority in the South African Parliament people of Colour (i.e. mixed race) will be removed from the electoral register. The Minister of the Interior, Dr Theophilus Donges, has said it is necessary to avoid the collapse of white civilisation in the whole of Africa.
1964, 14 May
Soviet premier Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev and Egyptian premier Gamal Abdel Nasser officiate at the ceremony to blow up a sand barrage and divert the Nile into a temporary canal -- to allow the next stage of the construction of the Aswan High Dam. International appeals are being made to save Egypt's ancient temples and tombs which will be flooded when the dam is finally completed.
1978, 14 May
Communist-backed Katangan gendarmes, who had been living in neighbouring Angola, have invaded the region around Kolwezi in southern Zaire.
Zairian troops have been sent into quell the violence.
1991, 14 May
Winnie Nomzamo Madikizela-Mandela is sentenced to six years for her 'complicity' in the kidnapping and beating of four youths, one of whom was later found dead. The actual crime was committed by her 'thuggish' bodyguards, the 'Mandela United Football Club. Madikizela-Mandela is released on bail pending an appeal.
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