Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1980 Egypt and Israel established full diplomatic relations following the Camp David Accords.
PoliticsOn this day — February 26 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
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Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1980 A total of 279 female students were kidnapped by armed bandits in the Zamfara kidnapping in Zamfara State, Nigeria.
Tragedy
CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1946 Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for pioneering femtochemistry, was born.
Birth
CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1934 Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Algerian film director whose war epic Chronicle of the Years of Fire won the Palme d'Or, was born.
Birth
CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 1978 Abdoulaye Faye, Senegalese international footballer, was born.
Birth
CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1984 Emmanuel Adebayor, Togolese international footballer, was born.
Birth
CC0, Wikimedia Commons 1961 Mohammed V, Sultan and later King of Morocco who led the country to independence, died.
Death