THE DAY IN HISTORY · JANUARY 20
January 20 in history
What happened on January 20: 1 moment from the Maps of History atlases, in 1973, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Assassination of Amílcar Cabral
20 Jan 1973 — Africa’s most original revolutionary thinker — agronomist and strategist of the Guinean war — is assassinated in Conakry months before victory. “Tell no lies, claim no easy victories.” Remember him.
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