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U.S.-led coup d'état against Lumumba in the Democratic Republic of Congo

64

years ago

14 September 1960,

U.S.-led coup against Lumumba in the Democratic Republic of Congo Patrice Lumumba was the first democratic president after independence, from June to September, and because of his anti-imperialist policy it was a limit of trend for Belgium and the US. He fled, but was captured and killed in January 1961. In a telegram dated 26 August, CIA director Allen Dulles told his agents in Congo: "We have decided that its elimination is our most important goal." The Western states made it clear that they would not accept any discoloration process that would jeopardize their economic interests.

Source:

Josep Fontana, For the sake of the empire (past and present).

1837Liberal armies and Carlists fighting the battle of Andoain

1911Thousands of Scottish schoolchildren started a physical penalty strike and asked for more holidays

2002The Ertzaintza attacked thousands of people demonstrating against the Union’s legalisation with water tanks

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1960-01-05

Anti-Francoist Maqui guerrilla Quico Sabaté was killed by the Civil Guard

1960-02-01

Four African-American students sat in a cafeteria where blacks were banned from entering the United States.

1960-02-13

France conducted its first nuclear test in the Algerian Sahara

1960-03-05

Alberto Córdoba made an iconic photograph of Ernesto Che Guevara

1960-03-10

She arrived in Australia from Euskal Herria and from the Spanish State the first woman plane sent by Franco

1960-03-21

The apartheid regime led to the Sharpeville massacre in South Africa

1960-05-20

Giant demonstration in Japan against the placement of US troops on the island

1960-06-15

Police killed 22-year-old Kanba in Tokyo

1960-06-26

Madagascar proclaims its independence with France

1960-08-21

Ernest Hemingway authorized José Artetxe to translate to Basque the novel Agurea eta itsasoa

1960-09-14

U.S.-led coup d'état against Lumumba in the Democratic Republic of Congo

1960-09-27

Sylvia Pankhurst, English feminist activist dies

1960-11-03

Cameroon's anti-colonial leader was poisoned to death in Geneva: Felix-Roland Moumié

1960-11-25

In Santo Domingo died the sisters Minerva, María Teresa and Patricia Mirabal, activists against dictator Trujillo

1960-12-18

Victoria Eugenia from Donostia hosted the first post-war Bertsolaris National Championship

1960-12-30

Mexican army assaults student movement and kills 20 in Chilpancingo

This month's anniversaries:
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From newest From oldest

10

years ago

2014-09-26

Mexican police kidnaps and removes 43 students from Ayotzinapa with the help of drug traffickers

10

years ago

2014-09-23

400 people built a popular wall in Loiola, dressed up, to protect five young people the police wanted to arrest.

10

years ago

2014-09-18

In Scotland they held a referendum on independence and lost little

20

years ago

2004-09-29

The PSOE government decided to release torturator Enrique Rodríguez Galindo

20

years ago

2004-09-21

Hondarribia youth Jokin Zeberio committed suicide because of school harassment

30

years ago

1994-09-18

The Civil Guard exploded Nafarroa Oinez de Bera

30

years ago

1994-09-08

The baserritars kidnapped the cheese with Ossau-Iraty designation of origin to denounce the prices of the department stores

35

years ago

1989-09-05

Government banned the issuance of TV3 in Valencian Country

40

years ago

1984-09-30

Mondragonese internationalist Pakito Arriaran killed in El Salvador

45

years ago

1979-09-01

Donostiarra Iñaki Kijera was shot by Spanish police during his demonstration in favor of refugees

50

years ago

1974-09-23

Spanish police arrested Eva Forest in Madrid

50

years ago

1974-09-13

ETA shot a bomb at the Rolando cafeteria in Madrid and killed many civilians

50

years ago

1974-09-11

Jon Urzelai was killed in Bilbao by the Civil Guard

50

years ago

1974-09-08

The neighbors of the Roman district of San Basilio rose up

60

years ago

1964-09-25

Mozambique's war of independence explodes to end 400-year-old Portuguese colonialism

65

years ago

1959-09-22

532 displaced children to the Soviet Union fleeing the 1936 war arrive in Valencia

85

years ago

1939-09-03

Winnipeg arrives in Chile with 2,200 refugees from the Spanish Republic

90

years ago

1934-09-09

The British fascist party didn't pass through London's Hyde Park

90

years ago

1934-09-09

A Falangist and a Socialist were killed in San Sebastian in two attacks

95

years ago

1929-09-27

Born Jose Luis Alvarez Enparantza Txillardegi in Donostia

110

years ago

1914-09-21

It was the bloodiest day for the Basques during World War I.

120

years ago

1904-09-22

Maurizia Aldeiturriaga Zabala was born in Zeberio

160

years ago

1864-09-28

Creation of the First International Labour Force in London, with the aim of organizing world workers

230

years ago

1794-09-19

Maialen Larralde was killed with guillotine in San Juan de Luz

280

years ago

1744-09-04

James Cook arrives in the Canary Islands

330

years ago

1694-09-10

Death of Joanes Zuhigaraitxipi, Basque Corsario born in Hendaia