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.
European Communities, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1968 Mauritius gained independence from the United Kingdom, with Seewoosagur Ramgoolam as its first prime minister.
Sources: UK Legislation (The National Archives) ; U.S. Department of State, Bureau of African Affairs ; BBC News
Independence
Zscout370, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1992 Mauritius became a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica ; National Archives Department, Mauritius ; Commonwealth Secretariat
Politics
Rob Croes for Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons 1932 Andrew Young, American civil rights activist, pastor, and diplomat who served as US Ambassador to the United Nations, was born.
Sources: New Georgia Encyclopedia ; Civil Rights Digital Library (University of Georgia)
BirthGoodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, king of the Zulu nation for more than five decades, died aged 72.
Sources: South African Government ; Parliament of the Republic of South Africa
Death