Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Jewish Museum of Switzerland — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1977 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat landed in Israel to begin a historic 36-hour visit, becoming the first Arab leader to set foot in the Jewish state as he sought to advance Middle East peace.
Politics
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1954 Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the military commander who later became President of Egypt, was born in Cairo.
Birth
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1921 Roy Campanella, the Hall of Fame catcher of Italian and African-American descent who helped break baseball's color barrier alongside Jackie Robinson, was born in Philadelphia.
Birth