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MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · September 24

THE DAY IN HISTORY · SEPTEMBER 24

September 24 in history

1973 — Guinea-Bissau declares

24 Sep 1973 — Amílcar Cabral’s PAIGC declares independence from its liberated interior — recognized by the UN before Lisbon concedes. The peasants’ war Cabral theorized has won on the ground.

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