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1990 Hissene Habre of Chad flees to Cameroon
1990 1st ever loss for Cameroon in Soccer World Cup, U.S.S.R. - 4 Cameroon - 0 1986 Lake Nios Volcano in Cameroon kills 1,746 1986 Volcanic eruption in Cameroon releases poison gas, killing 2,000 1977 Mabel Murphy Smythe confirmed as ambassador to Rep of Cameroon 1972 Republic of Cameroon declared as constitution is ratified 1961 East and West Cameroon merge as Federal Republic of Cameroon 1961 John Cameroon, guitarist, 'Claw Boys Claw' 1960 French Cameroon gains independence from France 1957 1st meeting of legislative of Cameroon 1946 Patrick Pierre Roger Baudry, born in Cameroon, astronaut, STS-18 1944 Canadian Cameroon Highlanders conquer St-Andre 1940 French colonies Cameroon/Congo-Brazzaville support General De Gaulle 1933 Paul Biya, president of Cameroon since 1982 1916 German colony of Cameroon surrenders to Britain and France 1915 British and French troops conquer German colony of Cameroon 1914 Adrian H. Stewart, British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at 26 1885 German chancellor Bismarck takes possession of Cameroon and Togoland 1884 German consul-general Gustav Nachtigal takes possession of Cameroon 1875 Verney Cameroon reaches East Africa 1875 Verney Cameroon reaches Benguela Angola, from Africa's east coast 1871 Cameroon reaches coast of Angola after trip through Africa 1867 Siegfried Passarge, German geographer, Cameroon, South Africa,America 1844 Verney L. Cameroon, English explorer, Tanganyika |
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