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From Barefoot to Gold
Abebe Bikila's legacy in the athletics world is truly legendary. Beyond his iconic barefoot victory at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, he continued to amass remarkable achievements. In the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, Bikila sho...
Historical Events
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The ruler of Egypt, Sultan Al-Ashraf Khalil, returns to Cairo in triumph after defeating the Knight Templar at Acre, the capital of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, and winning victories over three Syrian cities. - 1930 The last confirmed lynching of black people in the Northern United States occurs in Marion, Indiana; two men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, are murdered. United States
- 1960 Côte d’Ivoire attains independence from France. 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire
- 1960 Côte d'Ivoire attains independence from France. 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire
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Moktar Ould Daddah elected unopposed to his second five-year presidential term under the single-party regime of the Mauritanian People's Party. - 1970 The War of Attrition between Egypt and Israel ends with a ceasefire agreement.
- 1998 Two bombs explode simultaneously at the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya. 224 people are killed and 4,000 injured.
- 2018 Africa's largest multi-story indoor sports complex, The Dome, covering over 7,000m2 and having a five-storey office block which is covered by 14,000m2 of fabric joined to it, is opened in Swakopmund, Namibia. 🇳🇦 Namibia
Famous Births
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Abebe Bikila, an Ethiopian runner, who set a world record while running barefoot at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, is born. -
Abebe Bikila, an Ethiopian runner who will set a world record while running barefoot at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, is born.
Famous Deaths
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U.S. Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX) and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia. -
U.S. Congressman Mickey Leland and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia.
