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May
05

Today in African History

Celebrated across Africa on this day

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Historical Events

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  • ๐ŸŽญ ? African World Heritage Day - To celebrate the continent's unique cultural and natural heritage.
  • ๐Ÿ›๏ธ 1925 Afrikaans is declared the official language of South Africa. ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa
  • ๐Ÿฐ 1936 Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia
  • Haile Selassie
    ๐Ÿ›๏ธ 1941 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia
    Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa from exile. The country commemorates the date as Patriots' Victory Day/Meyazia 27.
  • Albert Luthuli
    ๐Ÿ›๏ธ 1962 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa
    Albert Luthuli calls for United Front against apartheid laws in South Africa.
  • ๐Ÿ›๏ธ 1999 Nigeria promulgates the constitution for the Fourth Republic ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria
  • Mark Shuttleworth
    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2002 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa
    Lands back on Earth in Kazakhstan after his space station trip
  • ๐Ÿค 2006 Sudan government signs Darfur Peace Agreement in Abuja ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan
  • ๐Ÿ”ฌ 2021 Evidence of Africa's oldest human burial, a three-year-old boy, 78,000 years ago, in a cave in Kenya, published. ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya

Famous Births

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  • Henri Konan Bedie
    1934 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Ivory Coast
    Birth of Henri Konan Bedie, second President of Ivory Coast

Famous Deaths

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  • ๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 1963 Death of Foreign Minister Mohamed Khemisti ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
  • ๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 2007 Kenya Airways Flight 507 crashes in Douala killing 114 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon
  • Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
    1951 โ€“ 2010 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria
    Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua dies in office

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