nPosted on February 4, 2018
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nToday commemorates the first skirmish in the War of Independence in Angola. On this date in 1961 forces calling themselves the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola attacked a prison and successfully freed independence leaders who had been held there.
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nThis uprising was the beginning of a 15-year (15! Years!!! Yikes!!!!!) struggle for independence from Portugal.
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nThe bad news: Angola is not high on the democracy scale, or the human rights scale.
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nThe good news: it has been pretty stable since 2002.
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nThe bad news: the standard of living is pretty low.
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nThe good news: the economy is one of the fastest growing in the world, and the nation has some pretty good mineral resources.
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nThe bad news: People are probably not going to be able to farm this land:
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nThe good news: The Valley of the Moon is a tourist attraction – and very beautiful!
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nAlso on this date:
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Facebook’s birthday
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nIce Cream for Breakfast Day
Composer Johann Ludwig Bach’s birthday
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nSuperbowl Sunday
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Civil rights icon Rosa Parks’s birthday
Civil rights icon Rosa Parks’s birthdayn
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nSri Lanka’s Independence Day
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Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh’s birthday
Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh’s birthday
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Liberace Day
Liberace Dayn
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