Desmond Tutu
1931–2021 · Person
South African archbishop and anti-apartheid leader; chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
On these timelines: Sub-Saharan Africa, People, Master
More from Sub-Saharan Africa
- Mali Empire (1235)
- Mali Empire begins (1235)
- Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca (1324)
- Ghana Empire (700)
- Great Zimbabwe flourishes (1100)
- Kingdom of Aksum (100)
- Songhai Empire (1464)
- Zulu Kingdom under Shaka (1816)
Around 1931
- World War II (1939)
- The Holocaust (1941)
- Founding of the Soviet Union (1922)
- Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany (1933)
- Pop music: the 1930s (1930)
- Pop music: the 1940s (1940)
- Great Depression (1929)
- Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
- Discovery of penicillin (1928)
- Wall Street Crash (1929)