Ghana - Notable Historical Events
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Ghana - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1897-01-27 |
British troops occupy Bida Gold Coast (Ghana) |
1901-09-26 |
Great Britain annexes the Ashanti Kingdom and places it under the governor of the Gold Coast (Ghana) |
1951-02-11 |
Kwame Nkrumah wins 1st parliamentary election on Gold coast (Ghana) |
1957-03-06 |
Ghana (formerly Gold Coast) declares independence from UK |
1957-10-10 |
US President Eisenhower apologizes to the finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a restaurant in Dover, Delaware |
1960-07-01 |
Ghana becomes a republic |
1960-12-05 |
Ghana drops diplomatic relations with Belgium |
1961-06-27 |
Ghana imposes a total ban on exports to South Africa and South West Africa |
1962-08-01 |
Failed assassination on president Nkrumah of Ghana |
1964-01-02 |
Failed assassination attempt on president Nkrumah of Ghana |
1966-02-24 |
Coup ousts Pres Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana |
1966-03-03 |
Kwame Nkrumah flees Ghana to Guinee |
1972-01-31 |
Military coup ousts civilian government of Ghana |
1972-07-09 |
Kwame Nkrumah, re-buried in Nkroful Ghana |
1972-09-08 |
Jim Ryan (US) & Billy Fordjour (Ghana) collide & fall in qualifying competitions for 1,500m finals, ending Ryan's chances for gold |
1979-09-24 |
Ghana adopts constitution |
1981-12-31 |
Lt Jerry Rawlings becomes head of Ghana, suspends constitution |
1992-06-15 |
Ghana Airways inaugurates flights to JFK Airport (NYC) |
1993-01-07 |
The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as President. |
1993-10-31 |
25 people killed during Ghana-Ivory Coast soccer match |
2001-05-09 |
In Ghana 129 football fans die in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium Disaster. The deaths were caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of teargas by police personnel at the stadium)that followed a controversial decision by the referee handling a crucial match between arch-rivals Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko. |
2001-05-10 |
In Ghana, a stampede at a football game kills over 120 spectators. |
2010-07-02 |
Ghana's Black Stars, the only African team standing in the Quarter Finals of the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa, are defeated by Uruguay |
2012-07-24 |
John Dramani becomes President of Ghana after the death of President John Atta Mills |
2013-04-16 |
16 people are killed after a gold mine collapses in Kyekyewere, Ghana |
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Ghana - Notable Birthdays
Ghana - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1875-10-18 |
James E K Aggrey, Ghana, US theologian/educationalist |
1909-09-21 |
Kwame Nkrumah, communist/premier Gold Coast/president Ghana (1960-66) |
1914-11-09 |
Basil Davidson, Freedom for Ghana |
1944-07-21 |
John Atta Mills, Tarkwa, Gold Coast (Ghana), President of Ghana (2009-2012), (d. 2012) |
1947-06-22 |
Jerry Rawlings, former President of Ghana |
1977-01-08 |
Pearl Amoah, Miss Universe-Ghana (1996) |
1982-05-24 |
Issah Ahmed, Ghana football player |
Ghana - Notable Deaths
Ghana - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1927-07-13 |
James E K Aggrey, Ghana/US theologist, dies |
1938-04-10 |
Nana Annor Adjaye, Pan-Africanist, dies in W Nzima Ghana |
1963-08-27 |
W E B Du Bois, scholar/founder (NAACP), dies at 95 in Accra Ghana |
1972-04-27 |
Kwame Nkrumah, president of Ghana, dies at 62 |
1998-01-23 |
Hilla Limann, president of Ghana in (1979-81), dies |
2008-03-06 |
Peter Poreku Cardinal Dery Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana |
2010-07-09 |
Basil Davidson, Freedom for Ghana |
