Today is Independence Day, a public holiday in Lesotho observed on October 4th. This is Lesotho’s National Day and marks independence from Britain on this day in 1966.
Lesotho emerged in the 1820s, when Basutoland was founded by King Moshoeshoe I who united the tribes in the area in order to defend themselves from attacks by the Zulus.
Basutoland then found itself in territorial disputes with the Boer trekkers from the Orange Free State. King Moshoeshoe turned to the British for help and Basutoland was made a British protectorate in 1868, before gaining colony status in 1884.
On October 4th 1966, Basutoland was formally granted its independence from Great Britain as the Kingdom of Lesotho, with Moshoeshoe II as king and Chief Leabua Jonathan (Basotho National Party) as prime minister.
Lesotho is quite mountainous and can be quite cold in winter months. The lowest point in Lesotho is 1,500 meters above sea level, making it the country with the highest low point in the world.
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On this day in 2022, American country music singer and songwriter Loretta Lynn died at the age of 90. She was the first woman to be named Country Music Artist Entertainer Of The Year. Since her first No.1 ‘Fist City’, in 1967 she has scored another 16 chart toppers. Lynn wrote more than 160 songs and released 60 albums and won three Grammy Awards. Her best-selling 1976 autobiography was made into an Academy Award-winning film, Coal Miner’s Daughter, starring Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones in 1980. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9eHp7JJgq8
