- 1998 — UN Tribunal on Rwanda sentences Jean Kambanda, Rwanda's former prime minister, to life for his role in the 1994 genocide.
- 1957 — Arkansas governor calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Little Rock Central High School.
- 1968 — Nigerian troops capture the city of Aba, Biafra, during the Nigerian Civil War.
- 1949 — Paul Robeson performs a second concert in Peekskill, New York eight days after the Peekskill riots.
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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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Mahalanje
A boy named after brew.
e.g.
Mahalanje alisa ango wayee.
en
Mahalanje is just at his home.
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