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Gabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west...

Timeline of Events

1958

11.28.1958

Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community.

1960

8.17.1960

Decolonization: Gabon gains independence from France.

1973

10.15.1973

The diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Gabon are established.

1993

4.27.1993

All members of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon in route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal.