Photo by Hans Peters / Anefo (1978) — CC0 1.0, Wikimedia Commons 1910 Govan Mbeki, South African anti-apartheid leader, Rivonia trialist, and father of Thabo Mbeki, was born.
BirthOn this day — July 9 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Photo by Hans Peters / Anefo (1978) — CC0 1.0, Wikimedia Commons 1910 
Nationaal Archief / Spaarnestad Photo (1981) — CC BY-SA 3.0 NL, Wikimedia Commons 1929 Hassan II, who would rule Morocco as king for nearly four decades, was born in Rabat.
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African Union — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 2002 The African Union was formally launched at a summit in Durban, South Africa, replacing the Organisation of African Unity.
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Al Jazeera English (Flickr, 2011) — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons South Sudan declared independence from Sudan, becoming Africa's 54th country.
IndependenceFatimid general Jawhar led Friday prayers in Fustat in the name of Caliph al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, symbolically completing the Fatimid conquest of Egypt.
HistoryThe 14th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and due process of law.
PoliticsUpper Canada passed the Act Against Slavery, banning the importation of enslaved people and beginning the gradual abolition of slavery in the colony.
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