
Founded: 1962
Population: 40.61 million (2016)
GDP: $173.95 billion USD (2017)
Area: 919,595 sq miles
Calling code: 213
Capital: Algiers

The six historical Leaders of the FLN: Rabah Bitat, Mostefa Ben Boulaïd, Didouche Mourad, Mohammed Boudiaf, Krim Belkacem and Larbi Ben M’Hidi.
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(1962) Former North African colony casts off French rule.
Also on this day,
1946 | A two-piece swimsuit makes an explosive debut in Paris
Also on this day,
1946 | A two-piece swimsuit makes an explosive debut in Paris
Louis Réard’s abbreviated two-piece swimwear design debuts in a fashion show held at Paris’ Molitor Pool. Réard names his creation, cut from 30 square inches of fabric, after the recent nuclear bomb tests on Bikini Atoll, explaining, “like the bomb, the bikini is small and devastating.”1975 | Arthur Ashe is first African American men’s Wimbledon champ
Arthur Ashe grew up in Richmond, Virginia, as a skinny kid whose father forbade him to play football, but ‘Bones’ took easily to tennis and began practicing with a racket at age 7. Ashe’s dedication to the sport culminates with the first Wimbledon men’s singles win by an African American.1989 | Iran-Contra Affair’s controversial colonel is sentenced
Two years after his polarizing presence at the Iran-Contra hearings, retired US Lt. Colonel Oliver North is sentenced on three felony counts, one of which is for obstruction. His three-year suspended prison sentence and $150,000 fine will be overturned a year later with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union.