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Africa Day continues to be celebrated both in Africa and around the world, mostly on 25 May (although in some cases these periods of celebrations can be stretched out over a period of days or weeks). [8] [9] Themes are set for each year's Africa Day, with 2015's being the "Year of Women's Empowerment and Development towards Africa's Agenda 2063".
May 1963 events in the United States (1 C, 8 P) U. May 1963 events in the United Kingdom (1 C, 4 P) This page was last edited on 29 January 2025, at 19:39 (UTC). Text ...
The OAU was founded in May 1963 [7] in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, by 32 African states with the main aim of bringing the African nations together and resolve the issues within the continent. [7] Its first ever conference was held on 1 May 1963 [ 8 ] in Addis Ababa.
In 1963, the two groups united to establish a formal, continent-wide organisation, the Organisation for African Unity. The alliance first met on 8–12 May 1961 in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, one of its leading countries. [2] [3] Other members included Nigeria and most of Francophone Africa, including Senegal and Cameroon.
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The conference was aimed at establishing Africa Day to annually mark the liberation movement concerning the willingness of the African people to free themselves from colonial rule, as well as subsequent attempts to unite Africa, including the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was established on 25 May 1963, and the African Economic ...
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May 15, 1963: Gordon Cooper leaves transfer van at launchpad. At 8:04 a.m. at (1304 UTC), NASA launched Mercury 9 from Cape Canaveral, with astronaut L. Gordon Cooper in the capsule designated Faith 7. Cooper's 22-orbit mission was the last for the Mercury program. Cooper entered the spacecraft at 5:33 a.m. (1033 UTC) for an 8:00 launch, and ...