1963 Togolese coup d'état
January 13, 1963 · Lomé
Army coup in which President Sylvanus Olympio was killed, the first post-independence coup in sub-Saharan Africa; Étienne Eyadéma later said he fired the shots.
1963 Togolese coup d'étatJanuary 13, 1963 · Lomé
Army coup in which President Sylvanus Olympio was killed, the first post-independence coup in sub-Saharan Africa; Étienne Eyadéma later said he fired the shots.
