- 1955 — An all-white jury in Mississippi acquits Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam in the torture-murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till.
- 1885 — Ethiopian forces under Ras Alula defeat Mahdist Sudanese forces in the battle of Kufit.
- 1957 — President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas to enforce integration of Central High School.
- 1961 — President Kennedy nominates civil rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall to the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
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Failed Attack on Lomé Anniversary
In 1986, a coup attempt to overthrow the government was thwarted.
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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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-ruru
Bitter
e.g.
Omuthi eratharukia eruru.
or
Eriogo eratharukia eriruru.
en
The medicine tastes bitter.
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