Historical Events
- 1990 - 600 people are killed in the Monrovia Church Massacre during the Liberian Civil War.
- 1973 - Equatorial Guineans pass a national plebiscite that legalises dictator Francisco Macías Nguema's absolute power as President for Life.
- 1937 - The coronation of Egyptian King Farouk I, age 17, who succeeded his father King Fuad I is held.
- 1966 - Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, the second military Head of State of Nigeria, dies.
- 1975 - Military coup by General Mohammed leads to the firing of President Jakubu Gowon of Nigeria.
- 2018 - Ethiopian state funeral for murdered dam engineer Simegnew Bekele in Addis Ababa prompts unrest.
