2013 Event Angola's Ministry of Justice and Human Rights deny the country has banned Islam and is dismantling mosques in an effort to stop the spread of Muslim extremism; they claim mosques are closed because Islam has not gone through the process of approval or legalization 2012 Event Angola holds Parliamentary elections 1995 Event Ferry boat sinks off Sumbe Angola, 42+ killed 1991 Event Sides in Angola sign a treaty ending 16 year civil war 1991 Event Last Cubans troops leave Angola 1991 Event Angola's civil war ends 1990 Death Mario De Andrade, founder (Movimiento Popular of Lib of Angola), dies 1988 Event Angola, Cuba and South Africa sign cease fire treaty 1988 Event South Africa declares cease-fire in Angola 1980 Event Angola revises its constitution 1979 Event Jose E dod Santos becomes president of Angola 1979 Death Agostinho Neto, poet/1st President of Angola, dies at 56 1978 Event South Africa military goes into Angola 1978 Event Angola revises its constitution 1976 Event Angola admitted to UN 1976 Event South African troops leave Angola 1975 Event Angola gains independence from Portugal (National Day) 1975 Event Battle between Cuba and South Africa troops in Angola 1975 Event Portugal signs accord for Angola's independence 1962 Event U.N. General Assembly censures Portugal (because of Angola) 1959 Event Khrushchev visits Angola 1956 Event Establishment of MPLA in Angola 1928 Birthday Mario Pinto, the Andrade, writer/president MPLA, Angola 1925 Event Premier Ahmed Zogu becomes president of Angola 1903 Birthday Manly Wade Wellman, Angola, sci-fi author, After Dark, Devil's Planet 1902 Event Portugal bankrupt by revolt in Angola 1875 Event Verney Cameroon reaches Benguela Angola, from Africa's east coast 1871 Event Cameroon reaches coast of Angola after trip through Africa 1641 Event West India Company conquerors Sao Paulo de Loanda, Angola
