Évariste Kimba Publicly Executed in Kinshasa, May 30, 1966
Former Congolese Prime Minister, Évariste Kimba, and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu.
Date: May 30, 1966
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