Various Wikimedia Commons' contributors — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1956 Tunisia gained independence from France.
IndependenceOn this day — March 20 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Various Wikimedia Commons' contributors — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1956 
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1988 Eritrean rebels concluded their victory at the Battle of Afabet, one of the most significant defeats suffered by the Ethiopian army in the Eritrean War of Independence.
War
Office of the White House (Amanda Lucidon) — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 2006 More than 150 Chadian soldiers were killed by rebels of the United Front for Democratic Change in eastern Chad.
Politics
pitpony.photography — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1936 Lee 'Scratch' Perry, pioneering Jamaican reggae and dub music producer, was born.
Birth
Daily Times Nigeria — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1958 Adegoke Adelabu, Nigerian politician and populist orator, died.
Death