Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1945 Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmad Mahir Pasha is assassinated in Parliament shortly after reading Egypt's declaration of war against the Axis powers.
DeathOn this day — February 24 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1945 A coup d'état by the National Liberation Council overthrows Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah's government while he is abroad.
Politics
CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 2004 The Al Hoceima earthquake strikes northern Morocco, killing at least 628 people and displacing thousands.
DisasterAli Mazrui, Kenyan-American political scientist and public intellectual, is born.
Birth
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1876 Joseph Jenkins Roberts, the 1st President of Liberia, dies.
Death
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1881 Abdelaziz of Morocco, who reigned as Sultan of Morocco, is born.
Birth
CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1991 Christian Kabasele, Congolese-born Belgian international footballer, is born.
Birth