65 years ago today, Ambroise Boimbo, a Congolese citizen, snatched the ceremonial sword of King Baudouin I of Belgium on the eve of the independence of the Belgian Congo.
65 years ago today, Ambroise Boimbo, a Congolese citizen, snatched the ceremonial sword of King Baudouin I of Belgium on the eve of the independence of the Belgian Congo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambroise_Boimbo
Photograph taken by journalist Robert Lebeck
I love the unspectacular, sane, wholesome and boring way this played out.