| The following days are good days to stay inside, due to the proclivity of terrorist groups to generate lethal publicity on media spin days (i.e., anniversary dates). | |
| 01/01/56 | Independence Day. |
| 03/01/73 | U.S. Ambassador Cleo Noel and Deputy Chief of Mission George Moore were assassinated in Khartoum during the seizure of the Saudi embassy. |
| 03/03/72 | Anniversary of the Addis Ababa accords that ended the insurgency against the central government and granted southern Sudan wide regional autonomy on internal matters. |
| 04/15/86 | A U.S. embassy communicator was shot and wounded while riding home from the embassy in Khartoum. The shooting was believed to be in retaliation for U.S. air raids on Libya earlier in the day. |
| 05/16/83 | Founding of the SPLM/SPLA (The Sudanese People's Liberation Movement/Army). |
| 05/25/63 | The Organization of African Unity was founded on May 25, 1963. The day is celebrated as Africa Freedom Day. The OAU is organized to promote unity and cooperation among African states. |
| 06/09/69 | The south declared independence. |
| 06/30/89 | A group of officers led by general Omar al-Bashir overthrew the government of Sadiq Mahdi. |
| 07/22/71 | Anti-Communist military elements loyal to Gaafar Nimeiri led a successful countercoup and brought him to power several days after a coup by the Sudan Communist Party. |
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