Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1919 Mass demonstrations by students and citizens erupted in Cairo after British authorities exiled nationalist leader Saad Zaghlul, igniting the widespread Egyptian Revolution of 1919.
PoliticsOn this day — March 9 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
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Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1919 
Nathaniel Jocelyn, 1839-40 portrait of Sengbe Pieh (Joseph Cinqué) — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1841 The US Supreme Court ruled in United States v. The Amistad that Africans who had seized control of the slave ship carrying them had been captured illegally and should be freed.
Slavery
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1969 Abdul Munim Riad, Egyptian army chief of staff, was killed by Israeli shelling during the War of Attrition.
Death
Web Summit — CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 2000 Khaby Lame, Senegalese-Italian social media personality who became one of the most-followed people online, was born.
Birth