1970s in Ghana
1970s in Ghana details events of note that happened in Ghana in the years 1970 to 1979.
Events
- August 1970 - National Liberation commission dissolved.[1]
- 7 July 1972 - Kwame Nkrumah buried.[2]
- October 1975 - the National Redemption Council is reorganized into the Supreme Military Council (SMC).[3]
- 1977 - SMC faces mounting nonviolent opposition.[3]
- March 1978 - national referendum held allow Ghanaians to accept or reject the union government concept.[3]
- July 1978 - some SMC officers force I. K. Acheampong to resign, replacing him with Lieutenant General Frederick W.K. Akuffo.[3]
- 1 January 1979 - ban on party politics lifted.
- 1979 - constitutional assembly working on a new constitution presents an approved draft to government.
- 15 May 1979 - a group of junior officers led by Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings attempt a coup.[4]
- Coup is unsuccessful, the coup leaders were jailed and held for courtmartial.[4]
- June 4, sympathetic military officers overthrow the SMC II government led by W. K. Akuffo.[4]
- June, 1979 - Jerry Rawlings and other junior officers released from prison.[4]
- 1979 - Rawlings and the young officers form the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC).[4]
- 1979 - executions of former heads of military governments (Afrifa of the NLC; Acheampong and some of his associates of the NRC; and Akuffo and leading members of the SMC.[4]
- September 1979 - Ghana returns to constitutional rule.[4]
- 24 September 1979 - Hilla Limann, leader of the People's National Party (PNP), sworn in as president of Ghana.[4]
- 24 September 1979 - the Third Republic begins.
Deaths
National holidays
In addition, several other places observe local holidays, such as the foundation of their town. These are also "special days."
References