- 1960 - Angélique Kidjo, a Beninese singer-songwriter, is born.
- 1904 – Paul Kruger, the 5th President of the South African Republic, dies.
- 1972 - Equatorial Guinean president Francisco Macías Nguema declared the country a one-party state and declared himself President for Life.
- 1953 - Royal Air Maroc, the Moroccan national carrier, is formed from the merger of the Moroccan airlines Air Atlas and Compagnie Cherifienne de Transports Aériens Air Maroc.
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Juzi mjuzi akala mchuzi wa mjusi.
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Translation: The day before yesterday the wise man ate some lizard soup.
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