Zvikorn — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1967 The Six-Day War began as Israel launched surprise air strikes against Egyptian airfields, reshaping the geopolitics of North Africa and the Middle East for decades.
PoliticsOn this day — June 5 in African history
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Zvikorn — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1967 
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1873 Sultan Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar closed the island's notorious slave market under treaty pressure from Britain, a landmark moment in ending the East African slave trade.
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Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1900 British forces captured Pretoria from Boer defenders during the Second Boer War.
HistoryUgandan and Rwandan forces fought each other in the streets of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo, destroying much of the city in what became known as the Six-Day War of Kisangani.
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U.S. Department of State — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1942 Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who has ruled Equatorial Guinea since 1979, was born.
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Jessicamarie145 — CC0, Wikimedia Commons 2021 T. B. Joshua, the influential Nigerian televangelist and founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, died.
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