Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1993 Eritrea formally gained independence from Ethiopia after a 30-year armed struggle, a date it celebrates as Independence Day.
IndependenceOn this day — May 24 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1993 
Sam Effron from Brooklyn! — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 1991 Israel conducted Operation Solomon, airlifting over 14,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel in under 36 hours.
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Unknown - Toesprake deur sy hoog-edeagbare JC Smuts — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1870 Jan Smuts, the South African statesman who twice served as prime minister and helped found the League of Nations and United Nations, was born.
BirthBritain formally annexed the Orange Free State during the Second Boer War in South Africa.
HistoryIssah Gabriel Ahmed, Ghanaian footballer, was born.
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