West Africa Unites: ECOWAS Established in Lagos
Fifteen West African nations signed the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States to promote trade integration and collective self-sufficiency. ECOWAS evolved beyond economics to deploy peacekeeping forces in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and the Gambia, becoming Africa's most active regional security organization.
May 28, 1975
51 years ago
What Else Happened on May 28
The sun went dark mid-battle, and both armies dropped their weapons. Thales of Miletus had predicted it—the first recorded solar eclipse forecast in history, Ma…
Li Shimin had 3,500 cavalry. Dou Jiande brought 100,000 men to Hulao Pass in Henan. The numbers didn't matter. Shimin's father had just founded the Tang Dynasty…
النبي محمد يولي أسامة بن زيد إمارة الجيش الذي أرسله لتأمين حدود شبه الجزيرة العربية من هجمات الروم.
intronisation du pape Séverin.
en Asturias tiene lugar la batalla de Covadonga entre las tropas musulmanas y las del levantamiento astur-godo iniciado en el 718, encabezadas por Pelayo. Es co…
Die Constitutio de feudis Kaiser Konrads II. gestattet dem niederen Adel die Erblichkeit der Lehen in Reichsitalien.
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