Today in Ghana History
Countries Topics: Afghanistan - Albania - Algeria - Andorra - Angola - Argentina - Armenia - Australia - Austria - Azerbaijan - Bahamas - Bahrain - Bangladesh - Barbados - Belarus - Belgium - Belize - Benin - Bhutan - Bolivia - More »
Historical Events
Results 1 - 21 of 21
1897-01-27 - British troops occupy Bida Gold Coast (Ghana)
1901-09-26 - Great Britain annexes 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 - Pres Eisenhower apologizes to finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Del, restaurant
1960-07-01 - Ghana becomes a republic
1960-12-05 - Ghana drops diplomatic relations with Belgium
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
1972-09-08 - 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
1983-01-17 - Nigeria expels 2 million illegal aliens, mostly Ghanaians
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.
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 24 of 24
1875-10-18 - James E K Aggrey, Ghana, US theologian/educationalist
1909-09-09 - Kwame Nkrumah, communist/premier Gold Coast/president Ghana (1960-66)
1929-04-22 - Victoria Opoku-Ware, Ghanaian queen
1947-06-22 - Jerry Rawlings, former President of Ghana
1958-09-19 - Azumah Nelson, Ghanaian boxer
1962-11-05 - Abédi Pelé, Ghanaian footballer
1966-06-06 - Tony Yeboah, Ghanaian footballer
1975-06-09 - Otto Addo, Ghanaian footballer
1976-12-12 - Lloyd Owusu, English/Ghanaian football player
1977-01-08 - Pearl Amoah, Miss Universe-Ghana (1996)
1979-08-01 - Junior Agogo, Ghanaian footballer
1979-12-26 - Mzbel, Ghanaian singer
1980-09-01 - Sammy Adjei, Ghanaian footballer
1980-10-10 - Elvis Hammond, Ghanaian footballer
1980-10-24 - Matthew Amoah, Ghanaian footballer
1981-03-03 - Emmanuel Pappoe, Ghanaian footballer
1981-05-01 - Derek Asamoah, Ghanaian Footballer
1982-05-24 - Issah Ahmed, Ghana football player
1982-07-07 - George Owu, Ghanaian footballer
1982-12-03 - Michael Essien, Ghanaian footballer
1983-12-10 - Habib Mohamed, Ghanaian footballer
1984-08-27 - Sulley Muntari, Ghanaian footballer
1985-11-22 - Asamoah Gyan, Ghanaian footballer
1989-06-02 - Freddy Adu, Ghanaian-American footballer
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 10 of 10
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
1972-07-09 - Kwame Nkrumah, re-buried in Nkroful Ghana
1979-06-16 - Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong, Ghanaian dictator (b. 1931)
1998-01-23 - Hilla Limann, president of Ghana in (1979-81), dies
2007-03-20 - Hawa Yakubu, Ghanaian politician (b. 1948)
2007-06-27 - Patrick Allotey, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1979)
2008-03-06 - Peter Poreku Cardinal Dery Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale, Ghana
