Today in Cameroon History
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Historical Events
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1871-11-06 - Cameroon reaches coast of Angola after trip through Africa
1875-11-02 - Verney Cameroon reaches Benguela Angola, from Africa's east coast
1875-11-28 - Verney Cameroon reaches East Africa
1884-07-05 - German consul-general Gustav Nachtigal takes possession of Cameroon
1885-05-19 - German chancellor Bismarck takes possession of Cameroon & Togoland
1915-06-10 - British/French troops conquer German colony of Cameroon
1916-01-28 - German colony of Cameroon surrenders to Britain & France
1940-08-28 - French colonies Cameroon/Congo-Brazzaville support Gen De Gaulle
1944-07-20 - Canadian Cameroon Highlanders conquer St-Andre
1957-05-10 - 1st meeting of legislative of Cameroon
1960-01-01 - Cameroon (French Cameroon) gains independence from France
1961-10-01 - East & West Cameroon merge as Federal Republic of Cameroon
1972-05-20 - Cameroon adopts its constitution
1972-05-20 - Republic of Cameroon declared as constitution is ratified
1977-05-09 - Mabel Murphy Smythe confirmed as ambassador to Rep of Cameroon
1984-04-06 - Members of Cameroon's Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.
1986-08-21 - Lake Nios Volcano in Cameroon kills 1,746
1986-08-21 - Volcanic eruption in Cameroon releases poison gas, killing 2,000
1986-08-22 - Gas from Volcano Chamberoen kills 1,734 (Cameroon)
1986-08-23 - Vrijkomend vulkaangas kills 1500 people in Nyos-more, Cameroon
1990-06-18 - 1st ever lose for Cameroon in Soccer World Cup, USSR-4 Cameroon-0
1990-12-01 - Hissène Habré of Chad flees to Cameroon
2007-05-05 - Kenya Airways Flight KQ 507 crashes in Cameroon.
Famous Birthdays
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1844-07-01 - Verney L Cameroon, English explorer (Tanganyika)
1867-02-26 - Siegfried Passarge, German geographer (Cameroon/So Afr/America)
1933-02-13 - Paul Biya, president of Cameroon (1982- )
1946-03-06 - Patrick Pierre Roger Baudry, Cameroon, astronaut (STS 18)
1952-05-20 - Roger Milla, Cameroonian footballer
1961-06-02 - John Cameroon, guitarist (Claw Boys Claw)
1964-03-17 - Jacques Songo'o, Cameroonian footballer
1970-11-15 - Patrick Mboma, Cameroonian footballer
1975-05-01 - Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2003)
1977-01-19 - Lauren Etame Mayer, Cameroonian footballer
1977-04-19 - Lucien Mettomo, Cameroonian footballer
1978-09-18 - Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer
1978-09-25 - Roudolphe Douala, Cameroonian footballer
1978-12-20 - Geremi Njitap, Cameroon footballer
1979-03-26 - Pierre Wome, Cameroonian footballer
1979-07-10 - Mvondo Atangana, Cameroon footballer
1981-03-10 - Samuel Eto'o, Cameroonian footballer
1981-05-04 - Eric Djemba-Djemba, Cameroon footballer
1985-06-22 - Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Greek-Cameroonian basketball player
1986-09-09 - Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Cameroonian basketball player
1987-03-20 - Daniel Maa Boumsong, Cameroonian football player
1987-05-14 - Franck Songo'o, Cameroonian footballer
1987-09-09 - Alexandre Song, Cameroonian footballer
1987-09-16 - Louis Clement Ngwat-Mahop, Cameroonian football player
Famous Deaths
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1914-08-30 - Adrian H Stewart, British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at 26
1943-09-01 - Charles Atangana, Cameroonian chief (b. 1880)
2003-06-26 - Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroon footballer (b. 1975)
