Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Photo by Frankie Fouganthin (2018) — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1934 Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian playwright who later became the first African Nobel laureate in literature, was born.
Sources: The Nobel Prize (Nobel Prize Outreach) ; Biography.com (A&E Television Networks)
BirthThembekile Mandela, Nelson Mandela's eldest son, died in a car accident while his father was imprisoned on Robben Island.
Sources: South African History Online ; Nelson Mandela Foundation
Death
Photo by Squelle (1985) — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons Live Aid, the benefit concert raising funds for famine relief in Ethiopia, was held simultaneously in London and Philadelphia.
Sources: History.com (A&E Television Networks) ; The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Culture
Photo by Vogler, Göteborg Book Fair (2010) — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 2014 Nadine Gordimer, South African novelist and Nobel laureate, died in Johannesburg.
Sources: Al Jazeera ; TODAY (NBC News)
DeathSomalia's army invaded Ethiopia's Ogaden region without a formal declaration of war, beginning the Ogaden War over the disputed territory.
Sources: War on the Rocks ; U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian
ConflictThe UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1999, recommending that the General Assembly admit South Sudan to the United Nations; the Assembly did so the next day, making it the 193rd member state.
Sources: UN News (United Nations) ; Voice of America
Politics
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 2020 Zindzi Mandela, South African politician, diplomat, and third daughter of Nelson Mandela, died in Johannesburg.
Sources: Al Jazeera ; Refinery29 ; South Africa Gateway
Death