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.
IndependenceOn this day — December 12 in African history
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Pridan Moshe, Israel National Photo Collection — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 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.
PoliticsEmahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, the celebrated Ethiopian pianist, composer and Orthodox nun, was born.
Birth
Mogens Engelund — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1949 Marc Ravalomanana, who became President of Madagascar, was born.
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.
Death