- 1837 - Mombasa, the main port for East Africa, is conquered by Said bin Sultan of Muscat and Oman.
- 1923 - Nigeria’s first political party, the Nigerian National Democratic Party, is formed, by Herbert Macaulay.
- 1956 - A British Overseas Airways Corporation aircraft crashes during take-off from Kano Airport in Nigeria, leading to 32 deaths.
- 2002 - 281 people die in one of Africa’s worst rail accidents at Igandu, Tanzania.
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Chieu chung chiewo chiege chiege chung chwako chai chai chiek chieng chiro
Dholuo (Kenya)
Translation: Porcupine wakes up, wakes up the wife and the wife makes tea which becomes ready on market day.
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