Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1868 Adelaide Casely-Hayford, a pioneering Sierra Leone Creole educator and cultural nationalist who championed girls' education and Pan-African identity, was born in Freetown.
BirthOn this day — June 2 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1868 
Michel-georges bernard — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1993 Algerian journalist and novelist Tahar Djaout died from injuries after being shot by Islamist militants for his secularist writing, becoming one of the first intellectuals assassinated during Algeria's civil conflict.
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Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 2012 Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of protesters during the 2011 revolution that ended his 30-year rule.
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