Showing posts with label African National Congress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label African National Congress. Show all posts

Sunday, June 2, 2024

Sunday, June 2, 1974. The Forest Brothers.

By Ivo Kruusamägi - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37550773

Kalev Gustav Arro, age 58, and one of the last Estonian Forest Brothers, was killed in a gun battle with Soviet authorities.

Jigme Singye Wangchuck was crowned King of Bhutan.  He had been king since 1972, but the coronation took place on this day under the direction of the kingdom's royal astrologers.

Algeria ended its partial embargo on the expert of oil to the Netherlands, breaking with OPEC in order to do so.

The African National Congress rejected proposals agreed upon by Methodist Bishop Abel Muzorewa, and later to become the only Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia, and Ian Smith, the only Prime Minister of Rhodesia, for a settlement in Rhodesia.

Bishop Muzorewa died in 2010 at age 84, Smith died in 2007 at age 88.

Last prior edition:

Friday, May 31, 1974. The Golan Heights.