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Death of Patrice Lumumba

Zaire · Government / Government of Zaire. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1961

Patrice Lumumba17 January 1961

Government / Government of Zaire

Dismissed by the forces of Kasavubu & turned over to the Katanga regime & murdered. Belgium is later deemed to be in breach of its obligation (under United Nations Resolution 290 of 1949) to refrain from acts or threats "aimed at impairing the freedom, independence or integrity of another state"

Names involved

Patrice Lumumba

Provenance

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