“The history of man is the history of crimes, and history can repeat. So information is a defence. Through this we can build, we must build, a defence against repetition.” – Simon Wiesenthal
1. Blast In Ngurosoye Village, Nigeria
On this day in 2014, in northeast region, an explosion at Ngurosoye village market near, Sambisa forest, the hideouts of Islamic extremists killed twenty nine (29) people.
2. Tunisia Achieves National Independence
On this day in 1956, Tunisia attained independence from their colonial master, France.
3. Natural History Museum Of Bulawayo Opened In Zimbabwe
On this day in 1964, te largest museum in Zimbabwe, formerly Southern Rhodesia, the Natural History Museum of Bulawayo, opened in Bulawayo. The museum contains exhibits illustrating the history, mineral wealth and wildlife of Zimbabwe, including the second largest mounted elephant in the world.
4. Aswan Ilyushin Il-18 Crash
On this day in 1969, a United Arab Airlines Ilyushin Il-18, a non-scheduled international passenger service from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to Aswan, Egypt crashed in a stand storm while attempting to land at Aswan Airport killing 100 out of the 105 passengers and crew on board. The plane was carrying home Muslim worshippers who had won a pilgrimage through a lottery.
5. Seychelles International Airport Was Opened
On this day in 1972, Seychelles International Airport, located on the island of Mahé near the capital city of Victoria was opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
6. Battle of Afabet During The Eritrean War of Independence Ended
On this day in 1988, after a three-days of fierce killings and fights and the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front kiling or capturing 18,000 Ethiopian soldiers, including whole divisions of Ethiopia’s best trained and armed troops, the Battle of Afabet came to an end.
7. United Front for Democratic Change, UFDC Members Killed Many Chadian Soldiers
On this day in 2006, in a bid to overthrow Chadian president, Idriss Déby, over 150 Chadian Soldiers were killed in Eastern Chad by members of the rebel group, UFDC.
8. Iraq Attacks
On this day in 2012, at least 50 people were killed and around 250 wounded in six simultaneous wave of bombings in Iraq.
9. Solar Eclipse, Equinox And Super Moon Occurred
On this day in 2015, total solar eclipse, equinox and super moon, all occurred in the same day.
Solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth.
Solar equinox is a moment in time when the Sun crosses the Earth’s equator, which is to say, appears directly above the equator, rather than north or south of the equator.
A supermoon is a full moon or a new moon that nearly coincides with perigee, the closest that the Moon comes to the Earth in its elliptic orbit, resulting in a slightly larger-than-usual apparent size of the lunar disk is viewed from Earth.