Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
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Mathew Brady — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1862 Robert Smalls, an enslaved Black man, commandeered the Confederate steamship Planter and delivered it to the Union Navy, an act that made him one of the most celebrated Black heroes of the American Civil War.
History
Joaquim Insley Pacheco — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1888 Brazil's 'Golden Law' abolished slavery, making it the last country in the Western Hemisphere to do so.
AbolitionAxis forces in Tunisia surrendered to the Allies, ending the North African campaign of World War II.
HistoryFrench army officers seized power in Algiers, demanding Charles de Gaulle's return to lead France amid the Algerian War, a crisis that toppled France's Fourth Republic.
Politics
Kightlinger, Jack E., Photographer — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1913 William R. Tolbert Jr., who became the 20th President of Liberia, was born.
Birth
White House photographer — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1924 Harry Schwarz, South African anti-apartheid lawyer and diplomat, was born.
Birth