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 1960 Thousands of people marched through central London to protest the Sharpeville massacre, a landmark early action of the international anti-apartheid movement.
Sources: Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives ; London Museum
Corrected in September 2026 · see what changed
Read the full article: Oliver Tambo's Escape Into Exile, 1960
Politics
Carl Van Vechten, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1977 Shirley Graham Du Bois, American author and composer who later became a citizen of Ghana, died.
Sources: Yale University Library (Shining Light on Truth exhibit) ; W. E. B. Du Bois Museum Foundation
Death
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1993 Kamal Hassan Ali, Egyptian general and former Prime Minister of Egypt, died.
Sources: Egypt State Information Service ; The Independent
Death