Today in Guinea-Bissau History
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Historical Events
Events 1 - 10 of 10
1956-09-09 - African Party for Liberation of Guinea-Bissau & Cape Verde forms
1959-08-03 - 50 killed in uprising in Guinea-Bissau
1973-09-24 - Guinea-Bissau declares independence
1974-08-26 - Guinee-Bissau becomes independent of Portugal
1974-09-10 - Portugal recognizes independence of Rep of Guinea-Bissau
1975-09-08 - Guinee-Bissau declares independence from Portugal
1980-11-14 - Guinee-Bissau premier Vieira fires president Luis Cabral
1984-05-16 - Guinea-Bissau adopts constitution
1994-08-11 - Joao B "Nino" Vieira elected pres of Guinee-Bissau
1999-05-07 - In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup.
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 5 of 5
1973-01-20 - Amilcar L Cabral, fought for Guinea Bissau independence, murdered 51
1986-07-21 - Paulo Correia, Guinee-Bissaus colonel/putschist, executed
1992-07-01 - Francisco Mendes, Guinea-Bissauan politician (b. 1933)
2009-03-02 - João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1939)
2012-01-09 - Malam Bacai Sanhá, President of Guinea-Bissau, dies of diabetes at 64
