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The French were then forced to restore Olympio's right to hold office and he became the Prime Minister of the Togo colony and began pressing for independence. [9] [3] From 1958 until 1961, Olympio served as the prime minister of Togo and also served as the minister of finance, minister of foreign affairs, and minister of justice for the colony. [6]
Togo (1913 – December 5, 1929) was the lead sled dog of musher Leonhard Seppala and his dog sled team in the 1925 serum run to Nome across central and northern Alaska.Despite covering a far greater distance than any other lead dogs on the run, over some of the most dangerous parts of the trail, his role was left out of contemporary news of the event at the time, in favor of the lead dog for ...
Togo, [a] officially the Togolese Republic, [b] is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west , Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north . [ 11 ] It is one of the least developed countries and extends south to the Gulf of Guinea , where its capital , Lomé , is located. [ 11 ]
Ku Feng as Uncle Chung (鍾叔), a triad elder who helps Lee Sam to flee to Taiwan (cameo) Lung Ming-yan as Lung (阿龍), a triad leader who collides with Billy to use Crow to kill a police officer in Hong Kong. He then tries to kill and silence Crow. (cameo) Philip Chan as Officer Chan (陳警官), the police officer who Crow was lured to ...
Chung in 1964. The youngest of ten children, Chung was born in Washington, D.C., less than a year after her family emigrated from China, and was raised in Washington, D.C. [2] Her father, William Ling Chung, was an intelligence officer in the Chinese Nationalist Government, and five of her siblings died during wartime. [3]
The 1963 Togolese coup d'état was a military coup that occurred in the West African country of Togo on 13 January 1963. The coup leaders — notably Emmanuel Bodjollé, Étienne Eyadéma (later Gnassingbé Eyadéma) and Kléber Dadjo — took over government buildings, arrested most of the cabinet, and French Commander PAUC assassinated Togo's first president, Sylvanus Olympio, outside the ...
He was mistakenly killed by Uncle Chung. Savio Tsang portrays Uncle Chung (忠叔), who is the father of Yin Tsai and the husband of Sister Kuen. He killed Yin Tsai mistakenly, then killed and dismembered Yin Tsai's classmates. He died in an explosion after he ignited LPG in his house. Wong Tsz-wai portrays Sister Kuen (娟姐), who is the ...
May 16, 1961: Park Chung Hee overthrew the Second Republic of Korea led by Yun Po-seon and replaced it with the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction. October 17, 1972: President Park Chung Hee led a coup to restore total presidential authority after his party underperformed in elections, creating the Fourth Republic of Korea.