- 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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Okello okalo kaa ga kala min okello penjo ni ere Kaka okello nyalo kelo kalo ka ga kala
Dholuo (Kenya)
Translation: Okello and his antics
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