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Nigeria


1996 Nnamdi Azikiwe, President of Nigeria (1963-66), dies

1994 Moshood Abiola becomes President of Nigeria

1993 Airbus A310 of Air Nigeria hijacked, 1 dead

1992 Military transport plane crashes in Lagos, Nigeria killing 163

1987 Obafemi Awolowo, Nigeria, President of Nigeria (1979-83), dies at 78

1983 Nigeria's National Assembly dissolves after military coup

1983 Nigeria expels 2 million illegal aliens, mostly Ghanaians

1979 Nigeria adopts constitution, Alhaji Shagari becomes president

1979 Nigeria amends constitution

1976 General Murtala Mohammed, head of Nigeria, killed during a coup

1973 Jordan Air crash at Kano, Nigeria kills 176 Moslem pilgrims

1971 David Defiagbon, Sapele Nigeria, Canadian boxer, 1996 Olympics silver

1971 Whitney Young Jr, National Urban League director, drowns in Nigeria

1970 Republic Biafra disbands/joins Nigeria

1970 Biafran War ends, Biafra surrenders to Nigeria

1967 Benin separates from Nigeria

1967 Nigeria begins offensive against Biafra

1967 Wale', Lagos Nigeria, model

1967 Biafra declares independence from Nigeria

1963 Nigeria becomes a republic within Commonwealth

1963 Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon, Nigeria, NBA center, Rockets, Oly-gold-96

1961 Innocent Egbunike, Nigeria, 4x400m runner 1984 Olympics bronze

1960 Nigeria gains independence from Britain (National Day)

1960 Nigeria becomes a member of British Commonwealth

1960 Sade, [Helen Ady] Nigeria, rocker, Taboo; Grammy 1986-Best new singer

1954 British colony of Nigeria becomes a federation

1948 1st courses begin at University of Ibadan, Nigeria

1941 Ibrahim Babangida, president of Nigeria, 1985-

1935 John Pepper Clark, born in Nigeria, writer, Horn, Song of a Goat

1934 Wole Soyinka, born in Nigeria, dramatist, Road, Kongi's Harvest-Nobel 1986

1922 Charles R Young, colonel, dies at 58, in Lagos Nigeria

1914 Northern and Southern Nigeria united in British colony of Nigeria

1909 Obafemi Awolowo, born in Nigeria, President of Nigeria, 1979-83

1900 British protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria established

1885 Congress of Berlin, gives Congo to Belgium and Nigeria to England



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