Timeline Sunday 1 July 1962

Events on Sunday 1 July 1962 3

• 1962 Algeria gains independence from France End of the Algerian War after 132 years of French rule A referendum on July 1, 1962 saw Algerians vote overwhelmingly for independence following the Évian Accords signed in March. France formally recognized Algerian sovereignty, ending the eight-year Algerian War that had killed hundreds of thousands. Ahmed Ben Bella became the country's first president later that year.
• 1962 Burundi gains independence End of Belgian trusteeship in Burundi Burundi became an independent kingdom on July 1, 1962, ending Belgian administration under a UN trusteeship. Mwami Mwambutsa IV retained the throne as constitutional monarch. The country would abolish the monarchy and become a republic in 1966.
• 1962 Rwanda gains independence End of Belgian trusteeship in Rwanda Rwanda became an independent republic on July 1, 1962, ending Belgian administration under a UN trusteeship. Grégoire Kayibanda became the country's first president. Independence followed a violent revolution in 1959 that had already overturned the Tutsi monarchy.