1975 in Cape Verde

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Other events of 1975
Timeline of Cabo Verdean history

The following lists events that happened during 1975 in Cape Verde.

Events

July

July 5 - Cape Verde gained independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule of the 15 inhabited islands off of the coast of West Africa. At Praia, Portugal's Prime Minister Vasco Goncalves turning over power to National Assembly President Abilio Duarte. Later in the day, the assembly elected Aristides Pereira as President and Pedro Pires as Prime Minister.^[1]

References

↑ "Cape Verde Islands Become Free After 500 Years of Portuguese Rule", Sarasota (FL) Herald-Tribune, July 6, 1975, pD-1

1975 in Africa

Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Republic of the Congo Dahomey Egypt Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South-West Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Upper Volta Zambia Zaire

States with limited recognition	Rhodesia

Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Ascension Island Djibouti Mayotte Réunion Saint Helena Spanish Sahara Tristan da Cunha

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