1970s in Ghana details events of note that happened inGhana in the years 1970 to 1979.

• August 1970 - National Liberation commission dissolved.^[1]
• 7 July 1972 -Kwame Nkrumah buried.^[2]
• October 1975 - theNational Redemption Council is reorganized into the Supreme Military Council (SMC).^[3]
• 1977 - SMC faces mounting nonviolent opposition.^[3]
• March 1978 - national referendum held allow Ghanaians to accept or reject the union government concept.^[3]
• July 1978 - some SMC officers forceI. K. Acheampong to resign, replacing him with Lieutenant General Frederick W.K. Akuffo.^[3]
• 1 January 1979 - ban on party politics lifted.
• 1979 - constitutional assembly working on a new constitution presents an approved draft to government.
• 15 May 1979 - a group of junior officers led by Flight LieutenantJerry Rawlings attempt a coup.^[4]
• Coup is unsuccessful, the coup leaders were jailed and held forcourt-martial.^[4]
• June 4, sympathetic military officers overthrow the SMC II government led by W. K. Akuffo.^[4]
• June 1979 - Jerry Rawlings and other junior officers released from prison.^[4]
• 1979 - Rawlings and the young officers form the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC).^[4]
• 1979 - executions of former heads of military governments, including leading members of the SMC.^[4]
• September 1979 - Ghana returns to constitutional rule.^[4]
• 24 September 1979 -Hilla Limann, leader of the People's National Party (PNP), sworn in as president of Ghana.^[4]
• 24 September 1979 - the Third Republic begins.

• 27 April 1972 -Kwame Nkrumah, first president of Ghana, natural causes inRomania (b. 1909).^[2]

• January 1:New Year's Day
• March 6: Independence Day
• May 1:Labor Day
• December 25:Christmas
• December 26:Boxing Day

In addition, several other places observe local holidays, such as the foundation of their town. These are also "special days."

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