Today in History: Little Snippets of History!

Cher on the left and Sonny on the righ

In 1960, Madagascar (the country, not the awesome Dreamworks movie) declares its independence from France. Many parties were created preceding its independence. The Malgasy Republic, a smaller state government was proclaimed on October 14th, 1958. Many of these smaller governments adopted a constitution in 1959, eventually declaring their independence from France on this day in 1960.

Sonny and Cher, the husband and wife with a string of hits in the mid 1960s, finalized their divorce on this day in 1975. After their divorce, Cher went on to become a Grammy winning solo artist, and Sonny became a Republican U.S. House of Representative for California.