Ceiling of Debre Birhan Selassie church, Gondar, Ethiopia. Photo: Rod Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence · Source
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
The South African Congress Alliance adopted the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown, laying out a vision of a non-racial, democratic South Africa that later underpinned the post-apartheid constitution.
Sources: South African History Online ; African National Congress
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Afrika Force, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1889 Bangui, now the capital of the Central African Republic, was founded on the Ubangi River by French colonial officials.
Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica ; Radio Ndeke Luka
HistoryOlive Morris, the Jamaican-British activist who co-founded the Brixton Black Women's Group and campaigned against racism and police brutality, was born.
Sources: English Heritage ; BBC News
BirthCameroonian footballer Marc-Vivien Foé collapsed and died on the pitch during a Confederations Cup match in France, prompting reforms in football's approach to cardiac screening.
Sources: BBC Sport ; CBC Sports ; The Guardian
DeathAkwasi Afrifa, a former military head of state of Ghana, was executed following the coup that brought Jerry Rawlings to power.
Sources: Frontline (The Hindu) ; Modern Ghana
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