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.
Carl Van Vechten, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1939 African-American contralto Marian Anderson performed a landmark open-air concert at the Lincoln Memorial after being denied the use of Constitution Hall because of her race.
Sources: U.S. National Park Service ; U.S. Congressional Record (Congress.gov)
Culture
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1960 Hendrik Verwoerd, South African Prime Minister and chief architect of apartheid, narrowly survived an assassination attempt by farmer David Pratt at a Johannesburg trade fair.
Sources: South African History Online ; The Guardian
PoliticsSuicide bombers attacked Coptic churches in Tanta and Alexandria, Egypt, on Palm Sunday, killing at least 45 people in attacks claimed by the Islamic State.
Sources: BBC News ; Human Rights Watch
HistoryIbrahim Baré Maïnassara, the military officer who had ruled Niger since a 1996 coup, was assassinated by his own presidential guard.
Sources: South African History Online ; Encyclopaedia Britannica
Death
NASA, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1921 Mary Jackson, African-American mathematician and NASA's first Black female engineer, whose story was told in the book and film 'Hidden Figures,' was born in Hampton, Virginia.
Sources: NASA ; Encyclopaedia Britannica
Birth