On this day — February 28 in African history

The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Egyptian Independence.

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Colonial police kill three unarmed ex-servicemen marching to petition the governor in the Accra riots, a pivotal event that accelerated Ghana's independence movement.

The magnitude 7.8 1969 Portugal earthquake strikes the Atlantic coast, killing 8 people in Morocco in addition to casualties in Portugal.

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Noureddine Morceli, Algerian middle-distance runner and 1500m world champion, is born.