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Historical Events

Events 1 - 41 of 41

1886-06-03 - 24 Christians burn to death in Namgongo Uganda
1889-09-06 - King Kabaka Mwanga of Buganda resigns
1890-05-13 - Lord Salisbury offers Germany Helgoland in exchange for Zanzibar, Uganda & Equatoria
1890-12-18 - Lugards expedition to Mengo/Kampala, Uganda
1890-12-26 - King Mwanga of Uganda signs contract with East Africa Company
1892-01-24 - battle at Mengo, Uganda: French missionaries attack Brit missionaries
1892-01-30 - Capt Lugard occupies Uganda's King Mwanga's hide out
1894-06-18 - Premier Roseberry declares Uganda a British protectorate
1953-11-30 - Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.
1962-10-09 - Uganda becomes independent from the United Kingdom
1962-10-22 - JFK receives Ugandan premier Milton Obote
1962-10-25 - 110th member of UN admitted (Uganda)
1963-04-20 - -30] All Africa Conferences of Churches opens in Kampala Uganda
1963-11-02 - Only 1st-class cricket game played in Uganda, MCC v E African XI
1966-02-23 - Premier Obote grabs power in Uganda
1967-09-08 - Uganda abolishes traditional tribal kingdoms, becomes a republic
1967-09-09 - Uganda declares independence from Great Britain
1971-01-25 - Military coup in Uganda under Gen Idi Amin Dada
1971-02-02 - Idi Amin ousts Milton Obote to become dictator of Uganda
1971-02-20 - General Idi Amin Dada appointed president of Uganda
1971-02-20 - Maj General Idi Amin Dada appoints himself president of Uganda
1972-08-05 - Uganda president Idi Amin throws out all 80,000 Asians
1972-09-17 - Tanzania troops march in to Uganda
1972-09-22 - Dictator Idi Amin throws 8,000 Asians out of Uganda
1976-06-27 - Air France Airbus hijacked in Germany to Uganda
1976-06-27 - Israeli raid on Entebbe, Uganda
1976-06-28 - Hijacked French Airbus lands in Entebbe, Uganda
1976-07-03 - Israel launches rescue of 103 Air France crew & passengers being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers
1976-07-09 - Uganda asks UN to condemn Israeli hostage rescue raid on Entebbe
1978-10-30 - Uganda troops attack Tanzania
1979-04-11 - Ugandan dictator Idi Amin overthrown; Tanzania takes Kampala
1979-04-13 - Yusuf Lule becomes premier of Uganda
1979-06-03 - Ex-president Idi Amin of Uganda flees to Libya
1985-07-25 - Uganda suspends constitution following coup
1986-01-25 - General Tito Okello's government flees Kampala Uganda
1986-01-26 - Yoweri Museveni's rebel army conquerors Kampala Uganda
1986-01-29 - Yoweri Museveni sworn in as president of Uganda
1988-10-17 - 31 reported dead as Ugandan jetliner crashes in fog near Rome
1990-10-01 - 10,000 Uganda RPF rebels move into Rwanda
1993-07-31 - Prince Ronald "Ronnie" Mutebi crowned king of Uganda
2000-03-17 - The 800+ deaths of members of the Ugandan cult Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God is considered to be a mass murder and suicide orchestrated by leaders of the cult.

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 7 of 7

1924-12-28 - Milton Obote, President of Uganda (d. 2005)
1944-01-29 - Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda
1950-12-03 - John Akii-bua, Uganda, 400m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1972)
1953-03-04 - Scott Hicks, Ugandan-born film director
1955-04-13 - Kabaka of Buganda
1960-03-04 - John Mugabi, Ugandan boxer
1975-06-04 - Betty Okino, Uganda, US gymnist (Olympic-92)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 11 of 11

1885-10-29 - James Hannington, English missionary, murdered in Uganda
1969-11-21 - Mutesa II of Buganda, President of Uganda (1924)
1977-02-17 - Janani Luwum, Ugandan Archbishop (b. 1922)
1981-02-26 - Munabi, assistant to Uganda president Obote, murdered
1982-07-20 - Okot p'Bitek, Ugandan poet (b. 1931)
1991-04-01 - Paulo Muwanga, chief of Uganda (1980), dies
1996-06-03 - Tito Okello, Ugandan general, dies at 81
1996-06-04 - Tito Okello, president of Uganda (1985-86), dies
2001-08-05 - Otema Allimadi, Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1929)
2003-08-16 - Idi Amin, Ugandan dictator (b. 1928)
2005-10-10 - Milton Obote, President of Uganda (b. 1925)


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