Algerian War of Independence begins
November 1, 1954
The National Liberation Front launched coordinated attacks across French Algeria and issued a proclamation from Cairo demanding sovereignty. Paris responded with hundreds of thousands of troops, systematic torture, and resettlement camps that uprooted millions of rural Algerians. Eight years of savage war would kill several hundred thousand Algerians and bring down the French Fourth Republic.
In context
Also in 1954 (5 other events on record)
- Dien Bien Phu falls to the Viet Minh · Southeast Asia · War
- Brown v. Board decision · North America · Politics
- CIA overthrows Arbenz in Guatemala · North America · Politics
- First nuclear submarine launched · North America · Technology
- Bannister runs four-minute mile · Europe · Culture
Before and after in Africa
Before and after in War
Era
Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.
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