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.
Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as South Africa's first Black president, formally ending decades of apartheid rule.
Sources: South African Government (gov.za) ; BBC News (On This Day)
Politics
روز اليوسف, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1891 Mahmoud Mokhtar, regarded as the father of modern Egyptian sculpture, was born.
Sources: Ahram Online (archived) ; Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism ; Dalloul Art Foundation
BirthAir France Flight 406 was destroyed by a bomb over the Sahara, killing all 78 people aboard.
Sources: Aviation Safety Network (Flight Safety Foundation) ; This Day in Aviation (Bryan R. Swopes)
History