June 4th revolution in Ghana
June 4th revolution in Ghana is held on June 4. 1979. This event in the first decade of the month June is annual. 
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The June 4th Revolution or June 4th Uprising was an uprising in Ghana in 1979 that arose due to a combination of corruption and bad governance which led to frustration among the general public and misunderstandings within the Ghanaian army.
The revolution began when the military government of the Supreme Military Council (SMC II), consisting of Lieutenant General Fred Akuffo, put Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings on public trial for attempting to overthrow the government on May 15th 1979. This happened when Rawlings, a junior soldier in the Ghanaian Army along with other Ghanaian soldiers were not given their salaries.
Rawlings turned the trial against the government by accusing it of massive corruption and requesting his fellow accused to be set free as he was solely responsible for the mutiny. He was publicly sentenced to death and imprisoned. His verbal attack against the government resonated with the afflicted nation.
On the night of June 3rd 1979, junior military officers, including Major Boakye Djan, broke into the jail where Rawlings was held and helped free him. They then marched him to the national radio station to make an announcement. The first time the public heard from Rawlings was a statement that Rawlings had been released by the junior officers and that he was under their command. He requested all soldiers to meet with him at the Nicholson Stadium in Burma Camp, in Accra.
The entire nation was in uproar. The soldiers rounded up senior military officers including three former heads of states, General Fred Akuffo, Ignatius Kutu Acheampong and Africa for trial. They were executed by a firing squad.
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