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2012 Event - Ghana's state funeral, held in Accra for President John Atta Mills, attracts tens of thousands

2012 Event - Vice-President John Dramani Mahama becomes President of Ghana after President John Atta Mills, dies

2010 Event - Ghana begins pumping oil after its discovery of an offshore oil field three years ago

2001 Event - Police tear gas unruly soccer fans, ensuing panic kills over 100 in Ghana

1998 Death - Hilla Limann, president of Ghana in (1979-81), dies

1992 Event - Ghana Airways inaugurates flights to JFK Airport, New York City

1989 Birthday - Freddy Adu, born in Tema, Ghana, athlete, soccer phenomenon, played for D.C. United, Real Salt Lake

1981 Event - Lt Jerry Rawlings becomes head of Ghana, suspends constitution

1979 Event - Ghana adopts constitution

1978 Death - Kofi Busia, statesman, leader of the Ghana Congress Party, which became the United Party, Prime Minister, 2nd Republic of Ghana, 1969 - 1972, died

1972 Event - 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 Death - Kwame Nkrumah, re-buried in Nkroful Ghana

1972 Death - Kwame Nkrumah, president of Ghana, dies at 62

1972 Event - Military coup ousts civilian government of Ghana

1966 Event - Kwame Nkrumah flees Ghana to Guinee

1966 Event - Coup ousts President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana

1964 Event - Failed assassination attempt on president Nkrumah of Ghana

1963 Death - W E B Du Bois, scholar/founder (NAACP), dies at 95 in Accra Ghana

1962 Event - Failed assassination on president Nkrumah of Ghana

1960 Event - Ghana drops diplomatic relations with Belgium

1960 Event - Ghana becomes a republic

1957 Event - President Eisenhower apologizes to finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Del, restaurant

1957 Event - Ghana (formerly Gold Coast) declares independence from U.K.

1951 Event - Kwame Nkrumah wins 1st parliamentary election on Gold coast (Ghana)

1942 Birthday - Ama Ata Aidoo, born in Saltpond, Ghana, Ghanaian author and playwright, wrote 'The Dilemma of a Ghost'

1938 Death - Nana Annor Adjaye, Pan-Africanist, dies in W Nzima Ghana

1938 Birthday - Kofi Annan, born in Ghana, Kofi Atta Annan, diplomat, statesman, Secretary-General of the United Nations 1997 - 2007, received 2001 Nobel Peace Prize

1927 Death - James E K Aggrey, Ghana/US theologist, dies

1913 Birthday - 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 Birthday - Kwame Nkrumah, communist/premier Gold Coast/president Ghana, 1960-66

1901 Event - Great Britain annexes Gold Coast (Ghana)

1897 Event - British troops occupy Bida Gold Coast (Ghana)

1875 Birthday - James E K Aggrey, Ghana, U.S. theologian/educationalist













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