1959 in Ruanda-Urundi

none August 2020 1959 The following lists events that happened during 1959 in Ruanda-Urundi. Events November November 1 – Violence between the Hutu and Tutsi people was triggered by an attack upon Hutu activist and future interim president Dominique Mbonyumutwa. Over the next two weeks 300 people, mostly Tutsi, were killed, in what was known as the wind of destruction.Gérard Prunier, The Rwanda Crisis: History of a Genocide (Columbia University Press, 1997), pp48–49 References 30em 1959 Category:1950s in Ruanda-Urundi Category:Years of the 20th century in Ruanda-Urundi Ruanda-Urundi Ruanda-Urundi