920 The golden age of the Empire of Ghana began in Africa.
1957 United Kingdom colonies Gold Coast and British Togoland become the independent Republic of Ghana.
1957 US President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to the finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he was refused service in a Dover, Delaware restaurant.
1960 British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan makes the Wind of Change speech to the South African Parliament in Cape Town (although he had first made the speech, to little publicity, in Accra, Gold Coast - now Ghana - on January 10 the same year).
1961 Following a four-day conference in Casablanca, five African chiefs of state announce plans for a NATO-type African organization to ensure common defense. The Charter of Casablanca involves Morocco, the United Arab Republic, Ghana, Guinea, and Mali.
1961 U.S. President John F. Kennedy gives support to the Volta Dam project in Ghana.
1965 The OAU meets in Accra, Ghana.
1966 A military coup in Ghana raises sacked General Ankrah to power while president Kwame Nkrumah is abroad.
1966 The Guinean delegation to the OAU meeting in Ethiopia, become hostages of the Ghanaian government in Accra.
1977 March 23 - Prince Charles visits Ghana.
2001 In Ghana, a stampede at a soccer game kills over 120.