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===April 6=== |
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* April 6 - The airplane carrying Rwandan |
* April 6 - The airplane carrying Rwandan President [[Juvénal Habyarimana]] and [[Burundi]]an President [[Cyprien Ntaryamira]] was [[Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira|shot down]] as it prepared to land in [[Kigali]]. This was the major cause for the [[Rwandan Genocide]]. |
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* April 7 - The [[Hutu]] Rwandans started murdering thousands of [[Tutsi]] Rwandans and moderate Hutus. Prime Minister [[Agathe Uwilingiyimana]] was among those murdered. |
* April 7 - The [[Hutu]] Rwandans started murdering thousands of [[Tutsi]] Rwandans and moderate Hutus. Prime Minister [[Agathe Uwilingiyimana]] was among those murdered. |
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* April 8 - [[Théodore Sindikubwabo]] becomes interim President of Rwanda. |
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* April 21 - The [[Red Cross]] estimates that hundreds of thousands of Tutsi have been killed in Rwanda. |
* April 21 - The [[Red Cross]] estimates that hundreds of thousands of Tutsi have been killed in Rwanda. |
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* July 4 - The Hutu government is finally defeated by the [[Rwandan Patriotic Front]], thus ending the genocide. |
* July 4 - The Hutu government is finally defeated by the [[Rwandan Patriotic Front]], thus ending the genocide. |
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* July 18 - Rwandan Patriotic Front troops capture [[Gisenyi]], forcing the interim government into [[Zaire]]. |
* July 18 - Rwandan Patriotic Front troops capture [[Gisenyi]], forcing the interim government into [[Zaire]]. |
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===August=== |
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* August 21 - The Rwandan Patriotic Front controls the whole of Rwanda.<ref>{{Cite book | last = Notholt | first = Stuart | title = Fields of Fire: An Atlas of Ethnic Conflict | publisher = Troubador Publishing | year = 2008 | pages = 2.24 | url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=E7cNWmXFrNMC&pg=SA2-PA24 | isbn =1-906510-47-4}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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The following lists events that happened during 1994 in Rwanda.
Events
April 6
- April 6 - The airplane carrying Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira was shot down as it prepared to land in Kigali. This was the major cause for the Rwandan Genocide.
- April 7 - The Hutu Rwandans started murdering thousands of Tutsi Rwandans and moderate Hutus. Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana was among those murdered.
- April 8 - Théodore Sindikubwabo becomes interim President of Rwanda.
- April 21 - The Red Cross estimates that hundreds of thousands of Tutsi have been killed in Rwanda.
July
- July 4 - The Hutu government is finally defeated by the Rwandan Patriotic Front, thus ending the genocide.
- July 18 - Rwandan Patriotic Front troops capture Gisenyi, forcing the interim government into Zaire.
August
- August 21 - The Rwandan Patriotic Front controls the whole of Rwanda.[1]
References
- ^ Notholt, Stuart (2008). Fields of Fire: An Atlas of Ethnic Conflict. Troubador Publishing. p. 2.24. ISBN 1-906510-47-4.