On this day, the biracial government of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia proclaimed independence from the United Kingdom. However, the move was not internationally recognized, as it failed to include full democratic representation for the Black majority. True independence would come nearly a year later, in April 1980, after the Lancaster House Agreement and democratic elections that led to the formation of the Republic of Zimbabwe under Robert Mugabe.
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