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.
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UtCon Collection (FLN delegation at Évian, 1962), Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1962 France officially recognized Algeria's independence, two days after Algerians voted overwhelmingly for it in a referendum.
Sources: OUPblog (Oxford University Press) ; U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian
Independence
Photo by Koen Suyk / Anefo, Nationaal Archief, CC0 1.0, Wikimedia Commons 1974 An African National Council delegation told the British government it would not continue talks with the Rhodesian regime.
Politics
Jacques Mulard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1940 The Royal Navy attacked the French naval squadron at Mers-el-Kébir, Algeria, to prevent it from falling under German control after France's surrender in World War II.
Sources: HistoryNet ; Royal Marines History
HistoryEgyptian President Mohamed Morsi was removed from office by the military after four days of mass protests calling for his resignation.
Sources: Human Rights Watch ; ABC News
Politics
Algeria Press Service, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1941 Liamine Zéroual, the Algerian army general who served as President of Algeria during the height of its civil war, was born.
Sources: Middle East Eye ; Asharq Al-Awsat
Birth
Fry1989, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1973 The Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), a South African far-right paramilitary group, was founded in a garage in Heidelberg, Transvaal.
Sources: South African History Online ; Encyclopedia.com
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