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** In southern Nigeria, a leaking petroleum pipeline explodes, killing about 250 villagers who were scavenging gasoline.
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** Goodluck Jonathan, President of Nigeria
** Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
** Nnamdi Azikiwe, President of Nigeria ( b. 1904 )
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** Nigeria becomes a republic ; The 1st Republican Constitution is established
** A conference on Rhodesia begins in Lagos, Nigeria.
** The military government of Nigeria announces that ex-prime minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was killed during the coup.
** A military coup occurs in Nigeria ; General Yakubu Gowon takes over.
** Nigeria Airways Flight 2120, a Douglas DC-8 operated by Canadian airline Nolisair, catches fire and crashes in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 261 people on board.
** A Royal Jordanian Boeing 707 flight from Jeddah crashes in Kano, Nigeria ; 176 people are killed.
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