France and representatives of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic reached the Evian Accords, ending the Algerian War.
PoliticsOn this day — May 18 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
We are adding a source to every entry in this archive. 0 of 5 on this page carry one so far. The rest were written before per-entry citations were recorded, so if you intend to rely on one, check it independently until its source appears here. See our sourcing methodology.
Northern Somalia declared independence from the rest of Somalia as the self-declared Republic of Somaliland.
History
Commonwealth of Learning (COL) — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1912 Walter Sisulu, South African anti-apartheid leader and ANC secretary-general, was born.
Birth
Florian K — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1981 Mahamadou Diarra, Malian international footballer and former captain, was born.
Birth
Kahn's Weiners — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 2023 Jim Brown, the American football legend and civil rights activist, died.
Death