Nigeria's first newspaper, Iwe Irohin, founded by missionary Henry Townsend, was first published in Abeokuta.
CultureOn this day — December 3 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
IPPA photographer, Dan Hadani Collection, National Library of Israel — CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, a team led by Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant.
Science
Raimund Stehmann — GFDL, Wikimedia Commons (aircraft of the same type involved) 1995 Cameroon Airlines Flight 3701 crashed on approach to Douala International Airport, killing 71 of the 76 people on board.
TragedyA suicide bombing at a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia killed 25 people, including three government ministers.
Tragedy
cfcunofficial (Chelsea Debs), London — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 1982 Michael Essien, one of the most decorated Ghanaian footballers of all time and a Chelsea and Real Madrid star, was born in Accra.
Birth