The Lancaster House Agreement was signed in London, ending the Rhodesian Bush War and paving the way for Zimbabwe's independence.
Sources: School of Advanced Study, University of London (SAS-Space) ; FCDO Historians, GOV.UK
Politics
Ceiling of Debre Birhan Selassie church, Gondar, Ethiopia. Photo: Rod Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence · Source
On this day: December 21 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 (Dr. Christiaan Barnard, who performed the transplant) 1967 Louis Washkansky died of double pneumonia in Cape Town, eighteen days after Christiaan Barnard performed the first human heart transplant on him at Groote Schuur Hospital.
Sources: South African History Online ; US Health Resources and Services Administration
ScienceEgyptian forces decisively defeated Ottoman troops at the Battle of Konya during the Egyptian-Ottoman War.
Sources: Encyclopedia.com (Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa) ; Foreign Exchanges
Battle
The Militant / Ernest Harsch, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1949 Thomas Sankara, the revolutionary Marxist President of Burkina Faso known for his anti-imperialist policies, was born.
Sources: Marxists Internet Archive ; Egyptian State Information Service
Birth
Government of Kenya, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1966 William Ruto, who became the fifth President of Kenya, was born.
Sources: BlackPast.org ; Nation (Nation Media Group, Kenya)
Birth