A military coup, led by General Joseph Ankrah, seized power in Ghana. They staged the coup while President Kwame Nkrumah was out of the country en route to China.   

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2. http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,,2-1602-1492_1484898,00.html