Today is Cassinga Day in Namibia, a public holiday. The day commemorates the Cassinga Massacre that took place on May 4th 1978 During the Namibian War of Independence from South Africa. On the morning of May 4th 1978, the South African Defence Force launched a major air strike on a SWAPO (South West Africa Peoples Organization) camp near the village of Cassinga in Angola. The air attack was followed by an assault by paratroopers. The official toll of the Cassinga Raid was a total of 624 dead and 611 injured. Among the dead were 167 women and 298 teenagers and children.
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Today is the birthday, in 1944, of Peggy Santiglia, singer-songwriter of the ‘girl group’ era. She’s best known for this 1963 pop hit which was recorded when she was 18.
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