Thirty-four thousand French soldiers landed west of Algiers, beginning the French conquest and colonization of Algeria.
HistoryOn this day — June 14 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Radio Okapi — CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 1949 Papa Wemba, the Congolese singer celebrated as the "King of Rumba Rock" and a major figure in Congolese soukous music, was born.
Birth
FelipeRev — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1993 Malawians voted in a referendum to end three decades of one-party rule under Hastings Banda, choosing multiparty democracy by a decisive margin; the date is now marked as Freedom Day.
Politics