CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1973 Israeli fighter jets shoot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 over the Sinai Desert, killing 108 people.
TragedyOn this day — February 21 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1973 The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal under a truce with Egypt.
Politics
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1924 Robert Mugabe, who became the 2nd President of Zimbabwe and led the country for nearly four decades, is born.
Birth
KOGL Type 1, Wikimedia Commons 1950 Sahle-Work Zewde, who became the 5th President of Ethiopia and its first woman head of state, is born.
Birth
CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1991 Riyad Mahrez, Algerian international footballer, is born.
Birth
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons Malcolm X, American minister and civil rights activist, is assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York.
Death
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 2017 Jeanne Martin Cissé, Guinean politician and independence-era figure who became the first woman to preside over the UN Security Council, dies.
Death