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On 1 March 1975, a bomb exploded on a crowded bus in central Nairobi in Kenya. [1] It killed at least 27 people and injured another 90 when it detonated , ripping the bus open. [ 1 ] The bus was about to leave for Mombasa .
Mourning display for Kariuki. Nairobi, 1975. Josiah Mwangi Kariuki (21 March 1929 – 2 March 1975), popularly referred to as 'JM', was a Kenyan socialist politician during the administration of Jomo Kenyatta's government. He held different government positions from Kenya's independence in 1963 until his assassination in 1975.
1975 Fox Street siege was instigated by David Protter, a South African Jew, who seized about 20–30 hostages at the Israeli Consulate General where he worked as a security officer. After killing two consulate employees Protter opened fire on pedestrians and motorists in Fox and Von Brandis Streets, killing 2 and wounding 82.
In early 1975, the first bombs to strike independent Kenya exploded. In February, there were two blasts in central Nairobi, inside the Starlight nightclub and in a travel bureau near the Hilton hotel. The day after the second explosion, JM Kariuki revealed in Parliament that his car had been hit "by what seemed to be bullets".
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Kenyan activist Auma Obama, the half-sister of former U.S. President Barack Obama, was among protesters tear-gassed on Tuesday during demonstrations outside the parliament building in Nairobi, a ...
In 1975 Nairobi was the host city of the 5th Assembly of the World Council of Churches. The U.S. embassy in the heart of Nairobi was bombed on 7 August 1998 by Al-Qaida, as one of a series of U.S. embassy bombings. Over two hundred civilians were killed in the embassy and another 213 persons in the surrounding area with more than 5,000 people ...
The Nairobi Club established; 1904 - Norfolk Hotel opens. [2] 1905 British East Africa Protectorate capital moves from Mombasa to Nairobi. Nairobi Parsee Zoroastrian Anjuman Religious and Charitable Funds established. [3] 1906 Jamia Mosque construction started. Royal Nairobi Golf Club founded. 1907 - British Government House built.