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.
Italian troops entered Addis Ababa during the 'March of the Iron Will', completing the occupation of Ethiopia.
Sources: Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective (Ohio State University) ; Encyclopaedia Britannica ; Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State (Foreign Relations of the United States, 1936, Vol. III, doc. 223)
History
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons Emperor Haile Selassie returned to Addis Ababa five years after fleeing Italian invasion, a date Ethiopia commemorates as Patriots' Victory Day.
Sources: Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective (Ohio State University) ; South African History Online ; Fana Media Corporation (Ethiopia)
Read the full article: The Liberation of Ethiopia and Haile Selassie's 1941 Return to Addis Ababa
HistoryThe government of Sudan signed a peace accord with a faction of the Sudan Liberation Army in Abuja.
Sources: Al Jazeera ; Human Rights Watch ; U.S. Government Publishing Office (Senate Resolution 559, 109th Congress)
Politics
Benoît Bourgeois / European Communities, 1997 / EC - Audiovisual Service, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1934 Henri Konan Bedie, who became the second President of Cote d'Ivoire, was born.
Sources: Africa Confidential ; France 24
Birth
Commonwealth of Learning (COL), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons Walter Sisulu, South African anti-apartheid leader and longtime ANC secretary-general, died.
Sources: U.S. Government Publishing Office (H. Res. 237, 108th Congress) ; Mail & Guardian ; The Guardian
Death
World Economic Forum from Cologny, Switzerland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, the 13th President of Nigeria, died in office.
Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica ; U.S. Government Publishing Office (Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents) ; The Guardian (Nigeria)
Death