Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
IDF Spokesperson's Unit — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1976 Palestinian and German hijackers commandeered Air France Flight 139 and forced it to land at Entebbe, Uganda, setting the stage for a dramatic Israeli hostage-rescue raid days later.
History
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1977 Djibouti gained independence from France, becoming the last French colony in mainland Africa to do so.
Independence
Government of Zimbabwe — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 2008 Robert Mugabe was declared the winner of a widely condemned Zimbabwean presidential election after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai withdrew, citing violence against his supporters.
Politics
YellowMonkey/Blnguyen — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1983 Dale Steyn, one of the fastest and most successful fast bowlers in South African cricket history, was born.
Birth
CC0, Wikimedia Commons 1948 Dorothea Bleek, the South African linguist and anthropologist known for her studies of San (Bushman) languages and folklore, died.
Death