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September 6, 2021
Eswatini
On this day in 1968, The Kingdom of Swaziland secured its independence from the United Kingdom. It changed its name to Eswatini (land of the Swazis) in 2018.
Also on this day
Idris Elba
British actor Idris Elba—full name Idrissa Akuna Elba—is born on this day in 1972.
Thaddeus Stevens
Thaddeus Stevens, leader of the Radical Reconstruction faction, on this day after the Civil War in 1865 advocated for the victorious Union Army to confiscate Confederate property and award land up to ‘Forty acres’ to the newly freed enslaved Africans.
Walter Washington
President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Walter Washington as Commissioner of Washington, DC. This effectively made him the unofficial mayor of the city.
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