1952 in Cape Verde

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See also: Other events of 1952
Timeline of Cabo Verdean history

The following lists events that happened during 1952 in Cape Verde.

Incumbents

Events

  • The city of Ribeira Grande de Santiago or Cidade Velha becomes 500 years old
  • Last refueling of coal to a ship done on the island of São Vicente, the remainder was done by diesel
  • The Portuguese colonial administration proposed settling fifteen thousand people from Cape Verde to the island of São Tomé in São Tomé and Príncipe, at the time, another Portuguese colony, an attempt to seize that land from the forros,[1][2] some of the people emigrated from Brava
  • February 25: A total solar eclipse took place, it showed from 45-60% obscuration of the sun in Cape Verde and started at sunrise.[3]
  • August 5: A Partial lunar eclipse took place and was mainly visible, it was in progress at sunset and finished at around 21:00[4]

Sports

Births

References

  1. ↑ Seibert, Gerhard (2005). Comrades, Clients and Cousins: Colonialism, Socialism and Democratization in Sao Tome and Principe. Boston: Brill. pp. 71–72.
  2. ↑ Lloyd-Jones, Stewart (2003). The Last Empire: Thirty Years of Portuguese Decolonization. Intellect. pp. 38–39.
  3. ↑ "Solar eclipse of February 25, 1952". NASA. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Lunar eclipse of August 1952". NASA. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  5. ↑ Cape Verde Islands - List of champions - RSSSF, retrieved on 26 February 2017
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