Today in History: Ghana, Canada and ICC featured

Ghana

It is July 1 a significant day in Ghana’s history where we begin.

After the West African country’s independence in 1957, the Queen of England remained as Head of State while the first President Kwame Nkrumah assumed Head of Government position.

In 1960, that relationship was terminated after the first ever presidential elections in Ghana.

Kwame Nkrumah and his Convention People’s Party won comfortably and Osagyefo, as he is affectionately called, became the first President of the Republic Ghana.

July 1 marks that first republic which was overthrown six years later in a military coup.

Canada

It is not just Ghana that cherishes July 1 North American country, Canada commemorates this day as their Independence Day (1867).

The federal statutory holiday celebrates the anniversary of date of the Constitution Act, 186 (then called the British North America Act, 1867), which united the three separate colonies of the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick into a single Dominion within the British Empire called Canada.

Canada acceptably has grown to become a world great.  – Wiki, Britannica

The International Criminal Court

International Criminal Court (ICC), permanent judicial body established by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998) to prosecute and adjudicate individuals accused of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.

On July 1, 2002, after the requisite number of countries (60) ratified the agreement, the court began sittings. It is headquartered in the Netherlands at The Hague – Britannica