{"slug": "luanda", "label": "Luanda", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luanda", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3897", "qid": "Q3897", "description": "capital of Angola", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1576, 2003], "span_label": ["1576 CE", "2003 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "angola", "label": "Angola", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "central-intelligence-agency", "label": "Central Intelligence Agency", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "federal-bureau-of-investigation", "label": "Federal Bureau of Investigation", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "boeing-727", "label": "Boeing 727", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "david-livingstone", "label": "David Livingstone", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1576, "year_label": "1576 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January 25", "text": "January 25 – Portuguese explorer Paulo Dias de Novais founds the settlement of São Paulo da Assumpção de Loanda on the southwestern coast of Africa, modern Luanda, capital of Angola.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362635528#January–March", "title": "1576", "revid": 1362635528, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1820, "year_label": "1820 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "18,957 black slaves leave Luanda, Angola.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368795492#Date_unknown", "title": "1820", "revid": 1368795492, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1856, "year_label": "1856 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 20", "text": "May 20 – David Livingstone arrives at Quelimane on the Indian Ocean, having completed a 2-year transcontinental journey across Africa from Luanda.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371140008#April–June", "title": "1856", "revid": 1371140008, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1975, "year_label": "1975 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 28", "text": "November 28 – South African Navy frigates evacuate 26 SADF members from behind enemy lines at Ambrizete, 160 km north of Luanda in Angola.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369955775#November", "title": "1975", "revid": 1369955775, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1985, "year_label": "1985 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "November 25", "text": "November 25 – 1985 Aeroflot Antonov An-12 shoot-down: A Soviet Aeroflot Antonov An-12 cargo airplane, en route from Cuito Cuanavale to Luanda, is shot down by South African Special Forces and crashes approximately 43 km east of Menongue, the provincial center of the Cuando Cubango Province, Angola, killing 8 crew members and 13 passengers on board.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369963057#November", "title": "1985", "revid": 1369963057, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2003, "year_label": "2003 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "May 25", "text": "May 25 — A Boeing 727 aircraft is stolen from an airport in Luanda, Angola triggering an international terrorist investigation by the FBI and CIA. The aircraft and its pilots were never found.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371470479#May", "title": "2003", "revid": 1371470479, "section": "Events › May"}}]}