Historical Events
- 2008 - The first MTV Africa Music Awards is held in Abuja, Nigeria. Nigerian rapper D’banj wins Artist of the Year.
- 1990 - Professor Amos Sawyer installed as interim President of Liberia.
- 1249 - The last of the Ayyubid rulers of Egypt, Sultan As-Salih Ayyub, dies.
- 1861 - Queen Ranavalona III, the last sovereign of the Kingdom of Madagascar, is born.
- 1943 - Safi Faye, a Senegalese film director, is born.