Today is SPLA Day, a public holiday in South Sudan. This holiday commemorates the foundation of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army on this day in 1983.
The Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) was founded as a rebel movement on May 16th 1983. It was led by Commander-in-Chief John Garang de Mabior. Along with the political wing, Sudan People’s Liberation Movement, the aim of the SPLA was to establish an autonomous Southern Sudan, initially within a united Sudan.
Its military actions against the Sudanese government became the Second Sudanese Civil War that would last until 2005. After South Sudan gained its independence in 2011, the SPLA became the army of the new country.
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Today is the birthday, in 1947, of Barbara Lee, singer, from American all-girl group The Chiffons who had the 1963 US No.1 single ‘He’s So Fine’, and the 1972 UK No.4 single ‘Sweet Talking Guy’, (first released in 1966). Lee died on 15th May 1992. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvyOqKhKWQ4
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