Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award, receiving Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind.
AchievementOn this day — February 29 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
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Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1960 The 1960 Agadir earthquake devastates the Moroccan coastal city of Agadir, killing an estimated 12,000 people.
Disaster
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1988 South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested along with 100 other clergymen during a five-day anti-apartheid demonstration in Cape Town.
Politics
CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1928 Seymour Papert, South African mathematician and computer scientist who co-created the Logo programming language, is born.
Birth
CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1960 Khaled, Algerian singer-songwriter known as the 'King of Raï', is born.
BirthSonny M'Pokomandji, Central African basketball player and government minister, is born.
Birth
CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1992 Saphir Taïder, Algerian international footballer, is born.
Birth
CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 2024 Ali Hassan Mwinyi, the 2nd President of Tanzania, dies.
Death