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.
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1960 While Emperor Haile Selassie was visiting Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard seized the Ethiopian capital and briefly proclaimed him deposed.
Sources: South African History Online ; Ethiopia Observer ; Revolutionary Papers
Politics
Marwoode, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1906 Laurens van der Post, South African-born author, explorer and advisor to the British royal family, was born.
Sources: Durham University Library ; Routledge
Birth
Public Domain (CC0), Wikimedia Commons 1915 B. J. Vorster, who served as Prime Minister and State President of South Africa during the height of apartheid, was born.
Sources: South African History Online ; Archontology
Birth
Erik van Leeuwen, GFDL, Wikimedia Commons 1989 Hellen Obiri, the Kenyan runner who became a world champion and Olympic medalist in distance running, was born.
Sources: World Athletics ; Olympedia
Birth