World Trade Organization — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 1954 Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Nigerian economist who later became the first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization, was born.
BirthOn this day — June 13 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
World Trade Organization — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 1954 More than 100 people died when an overcrowded wedding boat capsized on the Niger River in Kwara State, Nigeria.
Disaster
Ian Robertson — CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 1982 Kenenisa Bekele, the Ethiopian distance runner who won multiple Olympic gold medals and set world records, was born.
BirthStudents in Soweto formed an action committee, later the Soweto Students' Representative Council, to organize the mass march that would erupt into the Soweto uprising three days later.
Politics