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.
Agostinho Neto, physician, poet, and independence leader who became the first president of Angola, was born in Icolo e Bengo, Portuguese Angola.
Sources: Revista Portuguesa de Historia Militar (Ministerio da Defesa Nacional, Portugal) ; Encyclopaedia Britannica ; Encyclopedia.com (Gale)
Birth
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1974 Guinea-Bissau was admitted to the United Nations following its independence from Portugal.
Sources: United Nations Treaty Collection ; Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State
Independence
Public Domain (U.S. National Archives), Wikimedia Commons Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin signed the Camp David Accords, a framework for peace that led to Egypt becoming the first Arab nation to formally recognize Israel.
Sources: Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State ; Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum (U.S. National Archives) ; HISTORY (A&E Television Networks)
Politics
Photo by U.S. Department of State, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 2021 Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who served as president of Algeria for 20 years before being forced to resign amid mass protests in 2019, died at age 84.
Sources: Reuters ; Al Jazeera
Death
Photo by Daniel Benavides, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 1991 Mena Massoud, the Egyptian-Canadian actor who went on to star as the title character in Disney's 2019 live-action "Aladdin," was born in Cairo.
Sources: Elle ; CBC News ; Ahram Online
Culture
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1930 Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny, who served as Ivory Coast's first First Lady, was born.
Sources: Fraternité Matin ; Ministry of Family, Women and Child Affairs of Côte d'Ivoire
Birth