Hi guys, due to circumstances beyond my control, I couldn’t post yesterday, so I hope include what i intended to post, to today's posting and I hope you guys will forgive me for that. I will try not to let such a thing happen again in future.
28th April
1902, the 20 year old war between Nationalist leader Mohammed Abd’Allah Hassan and Britain over the control of Somalia rages on as Britain sends reinforcements against him.
1912, France appoint the first Resident-General , Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey to occupy morocco, at a time of great security fears for foreign citizens due to the recent murders of French Citizens. Lyautey will later command French forces in the Spanish/French war against guerrilla leader Muhammad Ibn 'Abd al-Karim al-Khattabi (Abd el-Krim), before losing his place to Henri Philippe Petain in 1925.
1936, King Farouk ascends to the throne of Egypt and the Sudan after the death of his Father Fuad I, however,16 year old Farouk will effectively be the last king to be crowned in Egypt. In 1952, he abdicated the throne in favour of his one year old son Fuad II, but the monarchy was abolished a year later, Fuad II, unable to be crowned as he was still an infant.
29TH April
1899, Duke Ellington (Edward Kennady Ellington), the African-American composer and band leader, was born on this day.
1958, after the 1956-1957 Suez crisis, Egypt agrees to pay approximately 81 million dollars, in order to take control of the Canal.
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