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Rwanda

1994 Thadde Nsengiyumva, Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda, murdered during the Rwandan genocide 1994 7,000 Tutsi's slaughtered in stadium of Kibuye Rwanda 1994 President guard at Kigali Rwanda, chops 1,200 church members to death 1994 Agatha Uwilingiyimana, PM of Rwanda (first female prime minister in Africa), assassinated, the day after President Habyarimana's plane was shot down, killing him and the president of Burundi 1994 Juvenal Habayarimana, president of Rwanda (1973), assassinated 1990 10,000 Uganda RPF rebels move into Rwanda 1985 Dian Fossey, U.S. naturalist (Gorillas in Mist), found dead in Rwanda 1978 Referendum approves new constitution of Rwanda 1973 Maj Gen Juvenal Habyarimana becomes president of Rwanda 1973 Rwanda military coup under general-major Habyalimana 1962 Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica and Trinidad admitted (105th-108th) to UN 1962 Burundi and Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days) 1962 Rwanda and Burundi become independent 1962 Rwanda granted internal self-government by Belgium 1961 Republic of Rwanda proclaimed 1958 Eugene Jungers, Belgian governor of Rwanda Urundi, dies at 70 1937 Juvenal Hayarimana, president of Rwanda, 1973-94 1921 Rwanda ceded to England 1912 Alexis Kagame, Rwanda, priest/writer 1888 Eugene Jungers, Belgian governor of Rwanda Urundi 1876 Henry Morton Stanley's expedition leaves Rwanda

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