1964 ⟶ Zanzibar Revolution and Tanzanian Union

January 12: Zanzibar Revolution overthrows Afro Shiraz rulin...
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🇪🇬 Egyptian Revolution Overthrows King Farouk

July 23: Egyptian Revolution under Gamal Abdel Nasser overthrows King Farouk and ends British occupation.⟶
Egyptian Revolution Overthrows King Farouk (1952)
RevolutionCold WarNationalismDecolonizationBritish EmpireMonarchyPolitical Change
EgyptEgyptUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom

🇸🇩 Sudan Gains Independence from Britain

January 1: Independence of Sudan from Britain.⟶
Sudan Gains Independence from Britain (1956)
DecolonizationIndependence MovementsBritish EmpirePost-ColonialismSelf-determinationPolitical TransitionNationalism
SudanSudanUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom

🇬🇳 Guinea Declares Independence from France

October 2: Guinea gains independence from France.⟶
Guinea Declares Independence from France (1958)
DecolonizationIndependencePost-ColonialismFrench EmpirePolitical TransitionNationalismCold WarPan-Africanism
GuineaGuineaFranceFrance

🇹🇿 Zanzibar Revolution and Tanzanian Union

January 12: Zanzibar Revolution overthrows Afro Shiraz ruling class; Zanzibar merges with Tanganyika to form Tanzania.⟶
Zanzibar Revolution and Tanzanian Union (1964)
DecolonizationRevolutionPan-AfricanismPolitical InstabilityPost-colonial Africa
TanzaniaTanzania

🪖 Idi Amin's Coup d'état in Uganda

January 25: Idi Amin seizes power in Uganda.⟶
Idi Amin's Coup d'état in Uganda (1971)
Military CoupDictatorshipCold WarIdi AminPolitical InstabilityPost-ColonialismUganda
UgandaUganda

🧫 Discovery of Australopithecus afarensis Fossil "Lucy"

November 24: Discovery of "Lucy" (Australopithecus afarensis) in Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge.⟶
Discovery of Australopithecus afarensis Fossil "Lucy" (1974)
PaleontologyAnthropologyHuman EvolutionFossil Discovery
TanzaniaTanzania