1970s in Ghana details events of note that happened in Ghana in the years 1970 to 1979.
Events August 1970 - National Liberation commission dissolved. 7 July 1972 - Kwame Nkrumah buried. October 1975 - the National Redemption Council is reorganized into the Supreme Military Council (SMC). 1977 - SMC faces mounting nonviolent opposition. March 1978 - national referendum held allow Ghanaians to accept or reject the union government concept. July 1978 - some SMC officers force I. K. Acheampong to resign, replacing him with Lieutenant General Frederick W.K. Akuffo. 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 Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings attempt a coup. Coup is unsuccessful, the coup leaders were jailed and held for court-martial. June 4, sympathetic military officers overthrow the SMC II government led by W. K. Akuffo. June 1979 - Jerry Rawlings and other junior officers released from prison. 1979 - Rawlings and the young officers form the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC). 1979 - executions of former heads of military governments, including leading members of the SMC. September 1979 - Ghana returns to constitutional rule. 24 September 1979 - Hilla Limann, leader of the People's National Party (PNP), sworn in as president of Ghana. 24 September 1979 - the Third Republic begins.
Deaths 27 April 1972 - Kwame Nkrumah, first president of Ghana, natural causes in Romania (b. 1909).
National holidays 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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