THE DAY IN HISTORY · MAY 25
May 25 in history
What happened on May 25: 1 moment from the Maps of History atlases, in 1963, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Organisation of African Unity
25 May 1963 — Thirty-two heads of state meet in Addis Ababa to found the Organisation of African Unity, and a year later pledge to keep the borders inherited from empire — a choice historians still debate as guarantor of peace or freezer of injustice.
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