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Today In History: Exactly 6 Years Ago Today, Ghana Witnessed One Of Its Most Devastating Tragedies – The June 3rd Disaster

On June 3, 2015, Ghana woke up to one of its worst natural disasters. A day described as the ‘saddest’…

3 years ago
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Today In History: Exactly 54 Years Ago Today, The Man Who Engineered Nkrumah’s Overthrow, Kotoka is Killed In An Abortive Coup

On April 17, 1967, Major General Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka who was a member of the ruling National Liberation Council (NLC)…

4 years ago
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Today In History: Exactly 55 Years Ago Today, Kotoka Overthrows Kwame Nkrumah In ‘Operation Cold Chop’

On February 24, 1966, the National Liberation Council (NLC) overthrew Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah and the Conventions People’s Party…

4 years ago
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Today In History: Exactly 56 Years Ago Today, JB Danquah Died In Nsawam Prison After Being Detained By Kwame Nkrumah

On this day in 1965, Dr. Joseph Kwame Kyeretwie Boakye Danquah, a Ghanaian politician died at the Nsawam Prisons.Dr Danquah…

4 years ago
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Today In History: Exactly 86 Years Ago, The Golden Stool Was Returned To The Asante People And The Kingdom Restored

Exactly 86 Years ago today, on January 31st 1935, the Asante Kingdom was restored to it's glory with the symbolic…

4 years ago
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Today In History: Exactly 55 Years Ago Today, Kwame Nkrumah Inaugurated The Akosombo Dam

Exactly 55 years ago on January 22, 1996, Ghana's first president, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah inaugurated the Akosombo Dam across…

4 years ago
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Today In History: How Nigeria Ordered 1 Million Ghanaians Out Of Nigeria In 1983; And How This Led To The Fame Of The ‘Ghana Must Go Bag’

Exactly 38 Years ago on 17th January 1983, Nigeria expelled two million undocumented West African migrants, half of whom were…

4 years ago
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Today In History: Exactly 49 Years Ago Today, Busia’s Government Was Overthrown By Acheampong’s Regime

On 13 January 1972, Lieutenant Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, then commanding the First Infantry Brigade of the Ghana Armed Forces…

4 years ago
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Today In History: US Congress Certifies George Bush As Winner Of 2000 US Elections After Supreme Court Ruled To Stop Florida’s Manual Recount

After a bitterly contested election, Vice President Al Gore presides over a joint session of Congress that certifies George W.…

4 years ago
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Today In History: Exactly 50 Years Ago, Edward Akufo-Addo Was Named President Of Ghana

Exactly 50 years ago on Aug. 28, 1970, Edward Akuffo-Addo was named President of Ghana. He was the only other…

4 years ago

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