Historical Events
- 1968 - David Kamoga, the first Ugandan athlete to win an Olympics medal, is born.
- 1963 - South African singer Miriam Makeba testifies before the U.N. Special Committee Against Apartheid. South African authorities respond to her call for a boycott by banning her music.
- 2008 - The Rwandan parliament votes to give immunity from prosecution to former presidents of the country.
- 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium (modern-day Tunisia) are executed for being Christians.
- 1951 - The Bantu Authorities Act stripping black South Africans of their citizenship, confining them to Bantustans(artificial countries) while reserving South African citizenship for the white minority, goes into effect.
