Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Belgian paratroopers, transported by U.S. aircraft, carried out Operation Dragon Rouge, dropping into Stanleyville in the Congo to rescue hundreds of hostages held by Simba rebels.
Sources: U.S. Army Combat Studies Institute, Leavenworth Paper No. 14 (Thomas P. Odom, Dragon Operations) ; Association for Diplomatic Studies & Training ; GlobalSecurity.org
History
CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1974 Paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson discovered the fossilized skeleton of "Lucy," a 3.2-million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis, at Hadar, Ethiopia, transforming the understanding of human evolution.
Sources: Arizona State University News ; HISTORY (A&E Television Networks) ; The Conversation
Science