AN HISTORIC MOMENT IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF UGANDA... WHEN BENEDICTO KIWANUKA, MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO IN THE NEW UGANDA GOVERNMENT, FLEW INTO ENTEBBE AIRPORT FROM LONDON JULY 2 HE WAS HANDED A LETTER FROM THE GOVERNOR OFFICIALLY NAMING HIM UGANDA'S FIRST CHIEF MINISTER. WITH THIS APPOINTMENT, THE POST OF CHIEF SECRETARY WILL BE ABOLISHED, AND THE PRESENT HOLDER OF THE POST - MR G.B. CARTLAND - WILL BECOME DEPUTY GOVERNOR. THERE WERE SCENES OF TUMULTUOUS ENTHUSIASM AT THE AIRPORT,

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On July 4, 1976, the Israel Defense Forces rescued 94 Israeli passengers and 12 crew members who had been taken hostage at the Entebbe Airport in Uganda. Traversing 4,000 kilometers and landing in hostile territory, it was one of the most daring rescue missions in history. | World Jewish Congress

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