Egyptian Presidency — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1981 Hosni Mubarak took the oath of office as president of Egypt, eight days 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.
Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica ; Los Angeles Times
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Public Domain (Egypt), Wikimedia Commons 1906 Hassan al-Banna, Egyptian religious leader who founded the Muslim Brotherhood, was born.
Sources: Jadaliyya (Arab Studies Institute) ; Encyclopaedia Britannica
BirthTwo truck bombs went off in Mogadishu, the larger at a junction in Hodan district where it destroyed a hotel. The government committee that investigated put the final toll at 512 killed, 312 wounded and 62 still missing, the deadliest attack in Somalia's history. No group claimed it. The government blamed al-Shabaab, which neither confirmed nor denied it, as it tends not to when an attack kills large numbers of civilians.
Sources: Gulf News ; International Crisis Group
PoliticsA military-backed uprising forced President Andry Rajoelina to flee Madagascar, culminating in a coup that installed a new interim government.
Sources: Al Jazeera ; BBC News ; The Guardian
PoliticsGeorge Floyd, an African-American man whose killing by police in 2020 sparked global protests against racial injustice, was born.
Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica ; Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
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