- 1270 — Yekuno Amlak takes the imperial throne of Ethiopia, restoring the Solomonic dynasty to power after a 100-year Zagwe interregnum.
- 1835 — P. T. Barnum begins his career as a showman by exhibiting Joice Heth, an octogenarian African slave whom he claims was George Washington's nursemaid.
- 1965 — Toumani Diabaté, a Malian musician and one of the world's great kora players, is born.
- 2001 — The Angola train attack occurs, causing 252 deaths.
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Sani saa aboro Samson somo saburi siaya
Dholuo (Kenya)
Translation: Its Two, Samson is reading the book of Psalms in Siaya.
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Kubat'izwa
Baptised
e.g.
Wabat'izwa ko muhoni ni muhubiri.
en
He was baptised at the ocean by the preacher
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