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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