Library of Congress — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1881 Booker T. Washington founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama.
EducationOn this day — July 4 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Library of Congress — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1881 
Photo by Moshe Milner, Israeli Government Press Office — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1976 Israeli commandos raided Entebbe Airport in Uganda, freeing over 100 hostages held by hijackers of an Air France flight.
History
RPF-Inkotanyi — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1994 The Rwandan Patriotic Front captured Kigali, effectively ending the Rwandan genocide; the day is now marked as Liberation Day.
Politics
Photo by Alex. Bassano — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1879 British troops captured and burned Ulundi, the Zululand capital, ending the Anglo-Zulu War and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee.
HistoryA Boeing 707 crashed near Bangui M'Poko International Airport in the Central African Republic, killing 28 people.
Disaster