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Volta

1984 Republic of Upper Volta becomes Bourkina Fasso (National Day) 1973 West African Economic Community formed (Benin, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Upper Volta) 1960 Burkina (formerly Upper Volta) declares independence from France 1960 Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Upper Volta and Niger declare independence 1958 Upper Volta (now Bourkina Fasso) gains autonomy from France 1915 Luigi Capuana, Sicilian author/critic (C'era una Volta), dies at 76 1827 Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (made 1st battery), dies at 82 1745 Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, inventor, battery 1743 Count Alessandro Volta, Como Italy, physicist

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