Mark Renders / European Communities, 1998 — CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1979 Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings seized power in Ghana in a military coup, overthrowing General Fred Akuffo in what became known as the June 4th Revolution.
PoliticsOn this day — June 4 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Mark Renders / European Communities, 1998 — CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1979 
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1915 Modibo Keïta, who became Mali's first president after independence in 1960, was born in French Sudan.
Birth
U.S. Department of State — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1971 Joseph Kabila, who would later serve as President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was born.
BirthDambudzo Marechera, the acclaimed and unconventional Zimbabwean novelist and poet known for The House of Hunger, was born.
BirthCarmen Pereira, a leading figure in Guinea-Bissau's independence movement and the first woman to serve as the country's head of state, died.
Death