Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
C. Williams — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1824 Ashanti forces defeated a British-led column at the Battle of Nsamankow in the Gold Coast, killing British Governor Charles MacCarthy in the opening battle of the First Anglo-Ashanti War.
History
Somerset Playne — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1960 A coal mine collapsed at Coalbrook, South Africa, killing 435 miners in the worst mining disaster in South African history.
TragedyMainza Chona, Zambian lawyer and politician who became the country's first prime minister, was born (died 2001).
Birth
European Communities — CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1933 Habib Thiam, Senegalese politician who twice served as prime minister of Senegal, was born (died 2017).
Birth
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1963 Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian-American basketball Hall of Famer and two-time NBA champion with the Houston Rockets, was born.
Birth
Democratic Labour Party — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1920 Errol Barrow, who led Barbados to independence in 1966 and became its first prime minister, was born (died 1987).
Birth