Zimbabwean educator and politician, 2nd President of Zimbabwe (died 2019)

Robert Mugabe

Robert Gabriel Mugabe was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who led Zimbabwe from 1980 until he was deposed in a coup in 2017. He served as the first Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from internationally recognised independence in 1980 to 1987, then as the second president of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017. He was also the Leader of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) from 1975 to 1980 and led its successor political party, the ZANU – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF) as its First Secretary, from 1980 to 2017. Ideologically an African nationalist, during the 1970s and 1980s he identified as a Marxist–Leninist, and from the 1990s as a socialist.

Born

1924

February 21

Died

2019

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1920s

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2019 Died

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1245 Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery.
1440 The Prussian Confederation is formed.
1613 Mikhail I is unanimously elected Tsar by a national assembly, beginning the Romanov dynasty of Imperial Russia.
1797 A force of 1,400 French soldiers invade Britain at Fishguard in support of the Society of United Irishmen. They were defeated by 500 British reservists.

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The world in 1924

When Robert arrived

april 1 Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years fortress confinement for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail.
april 1 The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
april 13 A.E.K., a major Greek multi-sport club, is established in Athens by Greek refugees from Constantinople.
april 24 Thorvald Stauning becomes premier of Denmark (first term).

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Bob Rafelson 1933– American film director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2022) Claudia Jones 1915–1964 Trinidad-British journalist and activist (born 1915) Douglas Bader 1910–1982 English fighter pilot in World War II (died 1982) Goscombe John 1860– Welsh-English sculptor and academic (died 1952) Jennifer Love Hewitt 1979– American actress and producer Thelma Estrin 1924–2014 American computer scientist and engineer (born 1924) Vitaly Churkin 1952–2017 Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United Nations (born 1952) W. H. Auden 1907–1973 English-American poet, playwright, and composer (died 1973)

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Also born in 1924

Jimmy Carter 1924–2024 American politician, 39th President of the United States (born 1924) George H. W. Bush 1924–2018 American lieutenant and politician, 41st President of the United States (died 2018) Abioseh Nicol 1924–1994 Sierra Leonean-English physician, academic, and diplomat (died 1994) Brian Bevan 1924–1991 Australian rugby league player (died 1991) Bulat Okudzhava 1924–1997 Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1924) Carroll O'Connor 1924–2001 American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2001) Charlie Callas 1924–2011 American actor and comedian (died 2011) Colleen Dewhurst 1924–1991 Canadian-American actress (born 1924) David Bronstein 1924–2006 Ukrainian-Belarusian chess player and theoretician (born 1924)

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