Date in year · 1949 · The 1940s
On November 18, 1949, the Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria. Spencer Haywood, Tommy Mottola, Holly Near would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · November 18, 1949
Iva Valley is a locality located in the Nigerian.
Around 1949
1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1949th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 949th year of the 2nd millennium, the 49th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1940s decade.
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Locality in Enugu, Nigeria
Iva Valley is a locality located in the Nigerian.
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