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 1838 In the Weenen massacre, hundreds of Voortrekkers along the Blaukraans River in Natal were killed by Zulu warriors.
Sources: South African History Online ; Battlefields Route (KwaZulu-Natal) ; Die Erfenisstigting (Heritage Foundation, South Africa)
HistoryGabonese President Léon M'ba was toppled in a coup d'état and his rival Jean-Hilaire Aubame was installed in his place.
Sources: Keesing's Contemporary Archives (copy hosted by Stanford University) ; The New York Times (archive, report of 19 February 1964) ; Encyclopaedia Britannica (archived)
Politics
CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 2011 Libyan protests against Muammar Gaddafi's regime began as part of the Arab Spring, igniting the Libyan Civil War.
Sources: BBC News ; Human Rights Watch
Politics
CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 1984 AB de Villiers, South African cricketer regarded as one of the sport's greatest batsmen, was born.
Sources: International Cricket Council ; ESPNcricinfo (archived profile) ; South African History Online
Birth
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 2016 Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, influential Egyptian journalist and confidant of Gamal Abdel Nasser, died.
Sources: BBC News ; Al Jazeera
Death
OGL v1.0, Wikimedia Commons 2021 Seif Sharif Hamad, Tanzanian politician and Vice President of Zanzibar, died of COVID-19.
Sources: BBC News ; Al Jazeera
Death