1970s in Ghana

none 1970s in Ghana details events of note that happened in Ghana in the years 1970 to 1979. Events August 1970 - National Liberation commission dissolved.The National Liberation Council and the Busia Years http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/history/1966-71.php www.ghanaweb.com 21 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110516134209/http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/history/1966-71.php 16 May 2011 live 7 July 1972 - Kwame Nkrumah buried.Kwame Nkrumah Profile: http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/people/person.php?ID=177 www.ghanaweb.com 21 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110516225716/http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/people/person.php?ID=177 16 May 2011 live October 1975 - the National Redemption Council is reorganized into the Supreme Military Council (SMC).The National Redemption Council Years, 1972-79 http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/history/1972-79.php www.ghanaweb.com 21 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110516191032/http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/history/1972-79.php 16 May 2011 live 1977 - SMC faces mounting nonviolent opposition. March 1978 - national referendum held allow Ghanaians to accept or reject the union government concept. July 1978 - some SMC officers force I. K. Acheampong to resign, replacing him with Lieutenant General Frederick W.K. Akuffo. 1 January 1979 - ban on party politics lifted. 1979 - constitutional assembly working on a new constitution presents an approved draft to government. 15 May 1979 - a group of junior officers led by Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings attempt a coup.The Rawlings Era http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/history/rawlings_era.php www.ghanaweb.com 21 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110516191042/http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/history/rawlings_era.php 16 May 2011 live Coup is unsuccessful, the coup leaders were jailed and held for court-martial. June 4, sympathetic military officers overthrow the SMC II government led by W. K. Akuffo. June 1979 - Jerry Rawlings and other junior officers released from prison. 1979 - Rawlings and the young officers form the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC). 1979 - executions of former heads of military governments, including leading members of the SMC. September 1979 - Ghana returns to constitutional rule. 24 September 1979 - Hilla Limann, leader of the People's National Party (PNP), sworn in as president of Ghana. 24 September 1979 - the Third Republic begins. Deaths 27 April 1972 - Kwame Nkrumah, first president of Ghana, natural causes in Romania (b. 1909). National holidays January 1: New Year's Day March 6: Independence Day May 1: Labor Day December 25: Christmas December 26: Boxing Day In addition, several other places observe local holidays, such as the foundation of their town. These are also "special days." References