Ceiling of Debre Birhan Selassie church, Gondar, Ethiopia. Photo: Rod Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence · Source
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1923 Archaeologist Howard Carter unsealed the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in Egypt's Valley of the Kings.
Sources: The New York Times (archive, report of 16 February 1923) ; British Online Archives
Science
CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 2016 Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian politician and diplomat who served as the 6th Secretary-General of the United Nations, died.
Sources: UN News (United Nations) ; The New York Times
Death
CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 2021 Thousands gathered in Kherrata, Algeria, to mark the second anniversary of the Hirak protest movement.
Sources: Deutsche Welle ; Al Jazeera
Politics
CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1932 Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, who became the 3rd President of Sierra Leone, was born.
Sources: Office of the President of Sierra Leone (State House, archived site) ; BBC News
Birth
CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1944 António Mascarenhas Monteiro, who became the 2nd President of Cape Verde, was born.
Sources: caboverde-info.com ; TSF Radio Noticias
BirthJanani Luwum, Anglican Archbishop of Uganda, died after being arrested and killed by agents of Idi Amin's regime.
Sources: Westminster Abbey ; Dictionary of African Christian Biography (DACB) ; Anglican Communion News Service (archive at wfn.org)
Death
CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 1984 Oussama Mellouli, Tunisian Olympic gold medalist swimmer, was born.
Sources: Olympedia ; International Swimming Hall of Fame
Birth