Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Ahmed Ben Bella across 4 places, from 1954 to 2012.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Ahmed Ben Bella (25 December 1916 – 11 April 2012) was an Algerian politician, soldier and revolutionary who served as the head of government of Algeria from 27 September 1962 to 15 September 1963 and then the first president of Algeria from 15 September 1963 until his overthrow on 19 June 1965.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Ahmed Ben Bella was documented, and when
1954year
Cairoattested“At the outbreak of the Algerian War in 1954, Ben Bella was based in Cairo, where he had become one of the nine members of the Revolutionary Committee of Unity and Action that headed the Front de Liberation Nationale (FLN), founded in Nov…”source: Wikipedia: Ahmed Ben Bella
1954year
Switzerlandattested“At the outbreak of the Algerian War in 1954, Ben Bella was based in Cairo, where he had become one of the nine members of the Revolutionary Committee of Unity and Action that headed the Front de Liberation Nationale (FLN), founded in Nov…”source: Wikipedia: Ahmed Ben Bella
1984year
Lausanneattested“He moved to Lausanne, Switzerland, and launched the Mouvement pour la Démocratie en Algérie (MDA), a moderate Islamic opposition party, in 1984.”source: Wikipedia: Ahmed Ben Bella
11 April 2012exact date
Algiersattested“Ben Bella died on 11 April 2012 at his family home in Algiers.”source: Wikipedia: Ahmed Ben Bella
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1939 to 1940period
Marseillementioned“Posted to Marseille, he played center midfield for Olympique de Marseille in 1939–1940.”source: Wikipedia: Ahmed Ben Bella
1940year
Francementioned“Another brother died from illness and a third disappeared in France in 1940, during the mayhem of the Nazi victory.”source: Wikipedia: Ahmed Ben Bella
29 April 1940exact date
Cannesmentioned“His only appearance for the club was in a game against FC Antibes in the Coupe de France on 29 April 1940 in Cannes, during which he scored a goal.”source: Wikipedia: Ahmed Ben Bella
1945year
Algeriamentioned“After the Sétif and Guelma massacre in 1945, Ben Bella returned to Algeria, becoming politically active in the opposition movement against the French regime.”source: Wikipedia: Ahmed Ben Bella
4 April 1949exact date
Oranmentioned“On 4 April 1949, Ben Bella led a robbery of the central post office in Oran to gain funds for the organization, obtaining 3 million francs which he used to buy weapons.”source: Wikipedia: Ahmed Ben Bella
1950year
Blidamentioned“He was eventually caught in 1950 and sentenced to eight years' imprisonment in Blida jail.”source: Wikipedia: Ahmed Ben Bella
1952year
Cairomentioned“He escaped soon afterwards in 1952 by cutting through his prison window bars with a knife that had been smuggled into jail in a loaf of bread, making his way to Tunisia and then to Egypt, reaching Cairo by 1952 where he was granted sanct…”source: Wikipedia: Ahmed Ben Bella
1952year
French protectorate of Tunisiamentioned“He escaped soon afterwards in 1952 by cutting through his prison window bars with a knife that had been smuggled into jail in a loaf of bread, making his way to Tunisia and then to Egypt, reaching Cairo by 1952 where he was granted sanct…”source: Wikipedia: Ahmed Ben Bella
1952year
Kingdom of Egyptmentioned“He escaped soon afterwards in 1952 by cutting through his prison window bars with a knife that had been smuggled into jail in a loaf of bread, making his way to Tunisia and then to Egypt, reaching Cairo by 1952 where he was granted sanct…”source: Wikipedia: Ahmed Ben Bella
1956year
Algeriamentioned“Once the French occupation of Tunisia and Morocco ended in 1956, Ben Bella and his associates established a system of camps in both countries for training men and sending them into Algeria.”source: Wikipedia: Ahmed Ben Bella
1956year
Cairomentioned“In 1956, he refused to receive a package delivered by taxi to his hotel in Cairo.”source: Wikipedia: Ahmed Ben Bella
1956year
Francementioned“Nasser's material, moral and political support of the Algerian movement became a source of geopolitical trouble for Egypt, as it played a major role in France's decision to wage war against him during the 1956 Suez Crisis.”source: Wikipedia: Ahmed Ben Bella
20 August 1956exact date
Soummammentioned“Ben Bella felt excluded from the Soummam conference on 20 August 1956, and thus rejected it for its "secularism", the decision to integrate the European minority in independent Algeria, and the misrepresentation of delegates.”source: Wikipedia: Ahmed Ben Bella
October 1956month
Algiersmentioned“In October 1956, he was arrested in Algiers by French military authorities, who hijacked the plane on which he was flying.”source: Wikipedia: Ahmed Ben Bella
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