Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1953 Egypt was declared a republic, ending the Muhammad Ali dynasty's monarchy in the final act of the 1952 revolution.
PoliticsOn this day — June 18 in African history
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Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1953 
Honolulu Star-Advertiser — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1934 Barack Obama Sr., the Kenyan economist and father of the future U.S. president, was born.
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Lula Oficial — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1942 Thabo Mbeki, who succeeded Nelson Mandela as South Africa's second post-apartheid president, was born.
BirthSultan Abdelaziz of Morocco ratified the Algeciras Conference agreement, formalizing European powers' rights in Morocco and accelerating the country's slide toward colonial rule.
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