1946 in Cape Verde
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The following lists events that happened during 1946 in Cape Verde.
Incumbents
- Colonial governor: João de Figueiredo
Events
- A petition took place in Assomada and the surrounding area
- Another famine struck the archipelago for three years, the hardest were the islands of Santiago, Brava, Boa Vista and São Vicente
- June 14: A Total lunar eclipse took place and was mainly visible, it was in progress at sunset and continued up to mid-evening[1]
- November 23: a partial solar eclipse took place after 18:00 before sunset, it showed from around 1% (at Santiago and Boa Vista) to under 10% (at Santo Antão) obscuration of the sun in the archipelago[2]
Sports
- CS Mindelense won their seventh regional title for the island of São Vicente
Births
- Sérgio Ferreira, writer (d. 2006)
- Titina (Albertina) Rodrigues, singer
References
- ↑ "Lunar eclipse of June 1946". NASA. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ↑ "Solar eclipse of November 23, 1946". NASA. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
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