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 1966 Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visited Jamaica, an event of profound significance to the Rastafari movement that is still commemorated annually as Grounation Day.
Sources: BBC World Service ; Jamaica Observer ; TIME
Culture
Anonymous, Rijksmuseum, CC0, Wikimedia Commons 1619 Jan van Riebeeck, the Dutch colonial administrator who founded the settlement that became Cape Town, was born in Culemborg, the Netherlands.
Sources: South African History Online ; Encyclopaedia Britannica
Birth
Cines del Sur, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 1940 Souleymane Cissé, Malian film director hailed as one of Africa's greatest filmmakers for works like 'Yeelen,' was born in Bamako, French Sudan.
Sources: Unifrance ; African Film Festival, Inc.
Birth
Tom Marcello, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 1932 Slide Hampton, African-American jazz trombonist, composer, and arranger, was born in Jeannette, Pennsylvania.
Sources: National Endowment for the Arts ; Encyclopedia.com (Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians)
Birth
Essam Azouz, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1986 Salah Jahin, celebrated Egyptian poet, playwright, lyricist, and cartoonist, died in Cairo.
Sources: EgyptToday ; Al-Fanar Media ; Arab World Books
Death