Former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo_(Léopoldville)" id="mwARA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)">Congolese</a> Prime Minister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrice_Lumumba" id="mwARE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Patrice Lumumba">Patrice Lumumba</a> is murdered in circumstances suggesting the support and complicity of the governments of Belgium and the United States.