2010 Event More than 5,000 people lose their homes and crops when the Niger River bursts its banks 2010 Event A food crisis in Niger causes Nigerians to flee across the border into Nigeria 2010 Event John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator announces Niger faces total crop failure worse than that of 2005 2009 Event Peace talks witht he Tuareg rebel groups in north Niger are held by the President of Niger, Tandja Mamadou 1989 Event French DC-10 crashes near Niger, 171 die 1976 Event Failed coup in Niger 1974 Event 28th Tony Awards: River Niger and Raisin win 1974 Event Military coup in Niger, president Diori Hamani deposed 1973 Event Mali and Niger break diplomatic relations with Israel 1973 Event West African Economic Community formed (Benin, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Upper Volta) 1972 Event Joseph A Walkers "River Niger," premieres in New York City 1960 Event Niger gains independence from France 1960 Event Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Upper Volta and Niger declare independence 1958 Event Niger gains autonomy within French Community (National Day) 1910 Death Boyd Alexander, English explorer (Niger to the Nile), murdered at 37 1898 Event France signs Niger Convention 1895 Event King Koko's Kopermannen assault on Akassa Niger, 100's killed 1894 Event Frederick Lugards expedition to Niger 1891 Event Captain Archinard's army fights with Nyamina of Niger in West-Sudan 1886 Event George Goldie gets charter for Royal Niger Company 1883 Event Lt-colonel Borgnis-Desbordes founds Fort Bamako Niger 1883 Event French Lt-colonel Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes reaches Bamako on the Niger 1882 Event British HMS Flirt fire at and destroy Abari village in Niger 1882 Event British HMS Flirt destroys village of Asaba Niger 1804 Event Mungo Park leaves England seeking source of Niger River
