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2001 Police tear gas unruly soccer fans, ensuing panic kills over 100 in Ghana
1998 Hilla Limann, president of Ghana in (1979-81), dies 1992 Ghana Airways inaugurates flights to JFK Airport, New York City 1989 Freddy Adu, born in Tema, Ghana, athlete, soccer phenomenon, played for D.C. United, Real Salt Lake 1981 Lt Jerry Rawlings becomes head of Ghana, suspends constitution 1979 Ghana adopts constitution 1978 Kofi Busia, statesman, leader of the Ghana Congress Party, which became the United Party, Prime Minister, 2nd Republic of Ghana, 1969 - 1972, died 1972 Jim Ryan (U.S.) and Billy Fordjour (Ghana) collide and fall in qualifying competitions for 1,500m finals, ending Ryan's chances for gold 1972 Kwame Nkrumah, re-buried in Nkroful Ghana 1972 Kwame Nkrumah, president of Ghana, dies at 62 1972 Military coup ousts civilian government of Ghana 1966 Kwame Nkrumah flees Ghana to Guinee 1966 Coup ousts President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana 1964 Failed assassination attempt on president Nkrumah of Ghana 1963 W E B Du Bois, scholar/founder (NAACP), dies at 95 in Accra Ghana 1962 Failed assassination on president Nkrumah of Ghana 1960 Ghana drops diplomatic relations with Belgium 1960 Ghana becomes a republic 1957 President Eisenhower apologizes to finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Del, restaurant 1957 Ghana (formerly Gold Coast) declares independence from U.K. 1951 Kwame Nkrumah wins 1st parliamentary election on Gold coast (Ghana) 1942 Ama Ata Aidoo, born in Saltpond, Ghana, Ghanaian author and playwright, wrote 'The Dilemma of a Ghost' 1938 Nana Annor Adjaye, Pan-Africanist, dies in W Nzima Ghana 1938 Kofi Annan, born in Ghana, Kofi Atta Annan, diplomat, statesman, Secretary-General of the United Nations 1997 - 2007, received 2001 Nobel Peace Prize 1927 James E K Aggrey, Ghana/US theologist, dies 1913 Kofi Busia, born in Wenchi, Ghana, statesman, leader of the Ghana Congress Party, which became the United Party, Catholic, Prime Minister, 2nd Republic of Ghana, 1969 - 1972 1909 Kwame Nkrumah, communist/premier Gold Coast/president Ghana, 1960-66 1901 Great Britain annexes Gold Coast (Ghana) 1897 British troops occupy Bida Gold Coast (Ghana) 1875 James E K Aggrey, Ghana, U.S. theologian/educationalist |
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