Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1951 Libya became independent, with Idris I proclaimed King of Libya, making it the first country to achieve independence through the United Nations.
IndependenceOn this day — December 24 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1951 Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida, commissioned for the Khedive of Egypt, premiered at the Khedivial Opera House in Cairo.
Culture
Godwin Alabi-Isama — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1969 Nigerian federal troops captured Umuahia, the capital of the breakaway Republic of Biafra, during the Nigerian Civil War.
Politics
Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1942 Vichy French Admiral François Darlan was assassinated in Algiers, Algeria, by a young monarchist.
PoliticsThe Lord's Resistance Army began a series of coordinated attacks against civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, later known as the Christmas massacres.
Tragedy