Ceiling of Debre Birhan Selassie church, Gondar, Ethiopia. Photo: Rod Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence · Source
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Sailko, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1498 Vasco da Gama's fleet visited the Island of Mozambique during his voyage around Africa to India.
Sources: Project Gutenberg (E. G. Ravenstein, A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama 1497-1499, Hakluyt Society) ; National Geographic
Exploration
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1977 Libya became the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya as Muammar Gaddafi's General People's Congress adopted its declaration on the authority of the people.
Sources: Refworld (UNHCR) ; Library of Congress (Libya: A Country Study, Area Handbook Series)
Politics
Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 1990 Nelson Mandela was elected deputy president of the African National Congress.
Sources: South African History Online ; The O'Malley Archives (Nelson Mandela Foundation)
Politics
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1895 Isma'il Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt who modernized Cairo and began construction connected to the Suez Canal era, died.
Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica ; Encyclopedia.com (World Encyclopedia)
Death
Wilson Dias/ABr, CC BY 3.0 br, Wikimedia Commons 2009 João Bernardo Vieira, President of Guinea-Bissau, was assassinated by soldiers in Bissau.
Sources: The Guardian ; BBC News
DeathLawrence Anthony, South African conservationist known as 'The Elephant Whisperer,' died.
Sources: The New York Times ; The Daily Telegraph
Death