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.
Sources: BBC News ; Al Majalla
Politics
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 18 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
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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; the African American Registry dates his birth to 1934, while BlackPast gives 1936.
Sources: African American Registry ; BlackPast
Birth
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.
Sources: The Presidency, Republic of South Africa ; Nelson Mandela Foundation
BirthSultan Abdelaziz of Morocco ratified the Algeciras Conference agreement, formalizing European powers' rights in Morocco and accelerating the country's slide toward colonial rule.
Sources: Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State (Foreign Relations of the United States) ; Spanish Yearbook of International Law (Universidad de Sevilla)
History Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1936 Barack Obama Sr., the Kenyan economist and father of the future U.S. president, was born; BlackPast dates his birth to 1936, while the African American Registry gives 1934.
Sources: BlackPast ; African American Registry
Birth