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.
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1861 Islamic reformer El Hadj Umar Tall seized the city of Ségou, destroying the Bamana Empire in what is now Mali.
Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica ; Encyclopaedia Africana (Dictionary of African Biography)
History
CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1607 Susenyos I defeated his rivals at the Battle of Gol in Gojjam, securing his position as Emperor of Ethiopia.
Sources: Encyclopaedia Africana (Dictionary of African Biography) ; UNESCO, General History of Africa, Vol. V
History
LLBG Spotter, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 2019 Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa, killing all 157 people aboard and leading to the worldwide grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX.
Sources: Ethiopian Accident Investigation Bureau (final report hosted by BEA) ; CBS News ; Federal Aviation Administration
Disaster
Christian Lambiotte (photographer), CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1952 Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwean trade unionist and opposition leader who later became prime minister, was born.
Sources: BBC News ; Encyclopaedia Britannica
Birth
Майоров Владимир, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1981 Samuel Eto'o, Cameroonian footballer and one of Africa's greatest players, was born.
Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica ; Olympedia
BirthMuhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Egyptian Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, died.
Sources: BBC News ; The Independent
Death