Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Photo by Sam Nzima — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons Police opened fire on thousands of Black students marching peacefully through Soweto, South Africa, to protest mandatory Afrikaans instruction, igniting the Soweto uprising and galvanizing global opposition to apartheid.
PoliticsFifty people were killed in a massacre in Daïat Labguer, Algeria, during the country's civil war.
Politics
Bruce Baker — CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 1962 Femi Kuti, the Nigerian saxophonist and Afrobeat musician who carried on his father Fela Kuti's musical legacy, was born.
Birth
Stefano Delfrate — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 1991 Siya Kolisi, who became the first Black captain of South Africa's national rugby team and led it to a Rugby World Cup title, was born.
BirthIgnatius Kutu Acheampong, a former military head of state of Ghana, was executed following the coup that brought Jerry Rawlings to power.
Death