Events in Equatorial Guinea History
- 1960-08-23 World's largest frog (3.3 kg) caught (Equatorial Guinea)
- 1968-10-12 Equatorial Guinea (Spanish Guinea) declares independence from Spain
- 1982-08-15 Equatorial Guinea adopts constitution
- 2021-03-07 Explosions at a military base in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, likely from faulty storage of dynamite, kills at least 98 and injures over 400 [1]
- 2022-11-20 World's longest-serving president, authoritarian leader Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, 80, wins re-election in Equatorial Guinea, extending his 43-year rule [1]
Famous People from Equatorial Guinea
Jean-Bédel Bokassa (1921-1996)
1921-02-22 President (1966-76) and later Emperor (1976-79) of the Central African Republic, born in Bobangui, then French Equatorial Guinea
- 1942-06-05 Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea (1979- ), born in Acoacán, Spanish Guinea