Ceiling of Debre Birhan Selassie church, Gondar, Ethiopia. Photo: Rod Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence · Source
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Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1930 Following the sudden death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie was proclaimed Emperor of Ethiopia, a position he would hold until 1974.
Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica ; Encyclopedia.com (Gale, Encyclopedia of World Biography)
PoliticsAl-Shabaab gunmen attacked Garissa University College before dawn and held the campus into the night, killing 148 students and staff and wounding about 80. Al-Shabaab said it had spared Muslims. Survivors disputed that, and one of the guards killed was a Muslim. Three men were convicted over the attack in 2019, one jailed for life and two for 41 years.
Sources: Human Rights Watch ; Al Jazeera
History
Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1953 Malika Oufkir, Moroccan writer whose memoir 'Stolen Lives' recounted her family's imprisonment after her father's failed coup against King Hassan II, was born in Rabat.
Sources: Los Angeles Times ; The Guardian / The Observer ; Encyclopedia.com (Gale, Contemporary Authors)
Birth
Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1994 Pascal Siakam, Cameroonian professional basketball player who became an NBA champion and multiple-time All-Star, was born in Douala, Cameroon.
Sources: ESPN ; Basketball-Reference (Sports Reference) ; NBA.com
Birth
Franco237, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1996 André Onana, Cameroonian international goalkeeper who has played for Ajax, Inter Milan, and Manchester United, was born in Nkol Ngok, Cameroon.
Sources: Transfermarkt ; FotMob ; FC Internazionale Milano
BirthBritish and colonial troops under Lord Chelmsford beat off a Zulu attack on their entrenched laager at Gingindlovu, ending the siege of the British column at Eshowe. Chelmsford estimated the Zulu force at no more than 11,000.
Sources: Internet Archive ; Journal of Natal and Zulu History
Battle