Historical Events
- 2018 - The father of South African Jazz, Hugh Masekela, dies.
- 2019 - Oliver Mtukudzi, a Zimbabwean Afro Jazz musician, dies.
- 1980 - Simpiwe Dana, a South African singer and songwriter, is born.
- 1994 - Merhawi Kudus, an Eritrean cyclist, is born.
- 1985 - Aselefech Mergia, an Ethiopian runner, is born
- 1986 - Gelete Burka, an Ethiopian runner, is born.
- 1963 - The Guinea-Bissau War of Independence begins, pitting independence fighters against the colonial forces of Portugal.
- 1641 - Garcia II, considered one of Kongo’s greatest kings, begins his 20-year rule over the Kingdom of Kongo.
- 1987 - Somali's minister of defence, Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan, sends a "letter of death" to Somali President Siad Barre, proposing the genocide of the Isaaq people.