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.
The Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, expanding the international legal ban on slavery, serfdom, and related practices, entered into force.
Sources: United Nations Treaty Collection ; University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
History
European Communities, 1994, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1943 Frederick Chiluba, trade union leader who became the second President of Zambia and led the country's transition to multiparty democracy, was born in Kitwe.
Sources: The Independent ; Zambia Cabinet Office
Birth
Tore Sætre, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 2020 Tony Allen, Nigerian drummer and composer who co-created Afrobeat with Fela Kuti as musical director of the band Africa '70, died in Paris.
DeathThe Bristol Bus Boycott began in England, protesting a bus company's refusal to employ Black or Asian crews, drawing national attention to racial discrimination in Britain.
Sources: University of Bristol ; Bristol Museums
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