- 1913 — South Africa's Land Act prohibits Black South Africans from owning or renting property outside of rural native reserves.
- 1917 — Joshua Nkomo, Zimbabwean guerrilla leader and politician, is born.
- 1964 — The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.
- 1965 — A military coup d'état in Algeria ousts President Ahmed Ben Bella and installs Colonel Houari Boumédienne.
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Rao luor liel liel luor rao
Dholuo (Kenya)
Translation: Hippopotamus go round the grave the grave go round the hippopotamus.
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