Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1918 François Tombalbaye, who became Chad's first president after independence, was born.
Sources: BlackPast.org ; Bibliothèque nationale de France ; BBC News
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Ceiling of Debre Birhan Selassie church, Gondar, Ethiopia. Photo: Rod Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence · Source
On this day: June 15 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1918 
Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1992 Mohamed Salah, the Egyptian footballer who became one of the most decorated African players in Premier League history, was born.
Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica ; Ahram Online
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Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1954 Paul Rusesabagina, the Rwandan hotel manager credited with sheltering more than a thousand people during the 1994 genocide, was born.
Sources: Rwanda Digital Library (Government of Rwanda) ; NPR ; Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation
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François-Régis Salefran, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1945 Robert Sarah, the Guinean cardinal who became one of the most prominent African voices in the Roman Catholic Church, was born.
Sources: Holy See Press Office ; Catholic-Hierarchy.org
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