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Guinea-Bissau

sovereign state in Western Africa

7 dated entries naming Guinea-Bissau, drawn from 6 separate years between 1973 CE and 2012 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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20th century

  • 1973October 26 – The United Nations recognizes the independence of Guinea-Bissau.source
  • 1974September 10 – The Portuguese military junta grants independence to Guinea-Bissau.source
  • 1974September 12 – African Youth Amílcar Cabral is founded in Guinea-Bissau.source
  • 1990January 25 – Pope John Paul II begins an eight-day tour of Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Burkina Faso and Chad.source
  • 1999May 7 – In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup.source

21st century

  • 2009March 2 – The President of Guinea-Bissau, João Bernardo Vieira, is assassinated during an armed attack on his residence in Bissau.source
  • 2012April 12 – Mutinous soldiers in Guinea-Bissau stage a coup d'état and take control of the capital city, Bissau. They arrest interim President Raimundo Pereira and leading presidential candidate Carlos Gomes Júnior in the midst of a presidential election campaign.source

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