Ceiling of Debre Birhan Selassie church, Gondar, Ethiopia. Photo: Rod Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence · Source
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Pridan Moshe, Israel National Photo Collection, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons Kenya declared independence from Great Britain at a midnight ceremony in Nairobi's Uhuru Stadium.
Sources: TIME ; University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons
Read the full article: Kenya's Independence and the Road to Jamhuri Day
Independence Pridan Moshe, Israel National Photo Collection, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1964 Kenya became a republic exactly one year after independence, with Jomo Kenyatta becoming its first president.
Sources: Archontology ; TIME
Read the full article: Kenya's Independence and the Road to Jamhuri Day
PoliticsEmahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, the celebrated Ethiopian pianist, composer and Orthodox nun, was born.
Sources: Emahoy Music Foundation ; WFMT ; A Seat at the Piano
Birth
Mogens Engelund, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1949 Marc Ravalomanana, who became President of Madagascar, was born.
Sources: Library of Congress ; Jeune Afrique
Birth
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1913 Menelik II, the Ethiopian emperor who defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa and preserved his country's independence, died.
Sources: South African History Online ; Biography.com
Death