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.
Sources: U.S. Department of State, Foreign Relations of the United States ; The Jewish Chronicle
Politics
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1954 Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the military commander who later became President of Egypt, was born in Cairo.
Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica ; BlackPast.org
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.
Sources: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ; Society for American Baseball Research
Birth