Dakar Timeline of Events

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Dakar is the capital city and largest city of Senegal. It is located on the Cap-Vert Peninsula on the Atlantic coast and is the westernmost city on the African mainland...

Timeline of Events

1957

1.11.1957

The African Convention is founded in Dakar.

2.23.1957

The founding congress of the Senegalese Popular Bloc is opened in Dakar.

1993

4.27.1993

All members of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon in route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal.