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Guinea

1986 Papua New Guinea score 9-455 in 60 overs vs. Gibraltar, ICC Trophy 1984 Guinea suspends constitution after coup 1982 Equatorial Guinea adopts constitution 1982 Guinea adopts constitution 1975 Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia (National Day) 1973 Australia grants self-government to Papua New Guinea 1973 Amilcar L Cabral, fought for Guinea Bissau independence, murdered 51 1968 Equatorial Guinea (Spanish Guinea) declares independence from Spain 1968 Republic Guinea forms (day of republic) 1963 Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Netherlands 1962 Dutch leave New Guinea 1962 Netherlands and Indonesia signs accord about New Guinea 1962 Indonesian paratroopers land in New Guinea 1962 Dutch and Indonesian Navy encounter in Etna Bay New Guinea 1961 Dutch foreign minister Luns talks to John F. Kennedy about New Guinea 1961 Dutch governor Platteel installs New Guinea Council 1960 World's largest frog (3.3 kg) caught (Equatorial Guinea) 1958 Guinea (French Guinea) gains independence from France (National Day) 1958 French Guinee becomes independent republic Guinea 1958 Guinea votes for independence from France 1957 Dutch Super Constellation crashes near New Guinea, 56 die 1957 Jeff Woodland, Papua New Guinea, Nike golfer, 1991 Dakota Dunes Open 1953 J van Bale appointed governor of New Guinea 1951 "Cloud of Death" rolls down Mount Lamington, New Guinea kills 3-5,000 1944 Allies land on Vogelkop, New Guinea 1943 U.S. and Australian troops join in Salamaua, New Guinea 1943 U.S. forces landed at Nassau Bay, near Salamaua, New Guinea 1936 Michael Somare, British foreign affairs minister, Paupa and New Guinea 1922 Ahmed Sekou Toure, president of Guinea, 1957-84 1910 Pygmies discovered in Dutch New Guinea 1906 British New Guinea becomes Australian Papua New Guinea 1898 French troops reach Guinea and Sudan, Samori caught 1884 British protectorate proclaimed over southeast New Guinea 1836 Dutch garrison evacuates fort Du Bus New Guinea 1828 Dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea 1818 Herman W. Daendels, governor-gen of Guinea (1815-18), dies at 55

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