Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
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Brain News Service (publisher) — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1922 Sultan Fuad I adopted the title King of Egypt by decree, a fortnight after Britain's unilateral declaration of 28 February had ended the protectorate. The independence it granted was heavily qualified: Britain kept control of Egypt's defence, the protection of foreign interests, and the Sudan.
Source: Britannica
Independence
Parliament of South Africa; vector by Denelson83 — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1961 South Africa announced it would withdraw from the Commonwealth of Nations after criticism of its apartheid policies.
Politics
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1978 Somalia and Ethiopia signed a truce ending the Ethio-Somali (Ogaden) War.
PoliticsJoseph Jenkins Roberts, American-born statesman who became the first President of Liberia, was born.
Birth
Metsavend — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1959 Ben Okri, Nigerian poet and Booker Prize-winning novelist, was born.
Birth