Italy formally annexed Ethiopia, proclaiming Victor Emmanuel III 'Emperor of Ethiopia' after occupying Addis Ababa.
HistoryOn this day — May 9 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
129 football fans were killed in a stampede at Accra Sports Stadium in Ghana after police fired tear gas to control crowd disturbances.
History
World Economic Forum — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 1955 Meles Zenawi, who led Ethiopia as President and later Prime Minister for more than two decades, was born.
Birth
Barcex — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1973 Tegla Loroupe, Kenyan long-distance runner and the first African woman to win a major marathon, was born.
Birth
Eliot Elisofon — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1987 Obafemi Awolowo, Nigerian statesman and one of the country's most influential independence-era political leaders, died.
DeathBrenda Fassie, the South African singer known as 'Madonna of the Townships', died.
Death