Egyptian Presidency — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1981 Hosni Mubarak was elected President of Egypt, a week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat.
PoliticsOn this day — October 14 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Egyptian Presidency — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1981 
Universal Newsreel — CC0, Wikimedia Commons 1930 Mobutu Sese Seko, who later ruled Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) for over three decades, was born.
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Public Domain (Egypt), Wikimedia Commons 1906 Hassan al-Banna, Egyptian religious leader who founded the Muslim Brotherhood, was born.
BirthA truck bombing by al-Shabab militants in Mogadishu killed more than 500 people, Somalia's deadliest single terrorist attack.
PoliticsA military-backed uprising forced President Andry Rajoelina to flee Madagascar, culminating in a coup that installed a new interim government.
PoliticsGeorge Floyd, an African-American man whose killing by police in 2020 sparked global protests against racial injustice, was born.
Birth