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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James E. Purdy, National Portrait Gallery, CC0/Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1963 Pan-Africanist scholar and civil rights leader W.E.B. Du Bois died in Accra, Ghana, at age 95, the day before the March on Washington.
Sources: PBS American Masters ; Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, Harvard University
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Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1975 Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie, deposed the previous year in a military coup, was reported by the ruling Derg to have died in Addis Ababa; evidence later suggested he had been killed on the junta's orders.
Sources: BBC News ; Los Angeles Times ; The Moscow Times
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Rob Bogaerts / Anefo, Nationaal Archief, CC BY-SA 3.0 NL, Wikimedia Commons 1928 Mangosuthu Buthelezi, the Zulu prince and Inkatha Freedom Party leader who played a major role in South Africa's transition from apartheid, was born in Mahlabathini.
Sources: South African History Online ; Reuters
Birth
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1896 Britain crushed a succession revolt in Zanzibar in the Anglo-Zanzibar War, the shortest recorded war in history at roughly 38 minutes.
Sources: HistoryExtra (BBC History Magazine) ; The Historical Association ; Anaquel de Estudios Arabes, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Conflict
Silvio Tanaka, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 1941 Cesária Évora, the Cape Verdean singer known as the "Barefoot Diva" whose morna ballads brought Cape Verdean music to global audiences, was born.
Sources: The Guardian ; The Independent ; BBC News
BirthNigerian military ruler Muhammadu Buhari was ousted in a bloodless coup led by Ibrahim Babangida.
Sources: Los Angeles Times ; Library of Congress ; BBC News
Politics