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Republic of the Congo

country in Central Africa, capital Brazzaville

8 dated entries naming Republic of the Congo, drawn from 7 separate years between 1958 CE and 2016 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.

Also written as Republic of Congo in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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20th century

  • 1958November 28 – Chad, the Republic of the Congo and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French colonial empire.source
  • 1961January 17 – Patrice Lumumba of the Republic of Congo is assassinated.source
  • 1963August 15 – Trois Glorieuses: President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of Congo after a three-day uprising in the capital, Brazzaville.source
  • 1964July 20 – The National Movement of the Revolution is established in the Republic of the Congo, becoming the country's sole legal political party.source
  • 1966In or about this year, one person returning to Haiti from the Congo is thought to have first brought HIV to the Americas.source
  • 1966April 26 – A new government is formed in the Republic of the Congo, led by Ambroise Noumazalaye.source

21st century

  • 2012March 4 – A series of explosions is reported at a munitions dump in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, with at least 250 people dead.source
  • 2016September 1 – An annular solar eclipse was visible from Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar.source

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