Historical Events
- 2013 - Al-Shabaab militants attack the Westgate Mall in Kenya, killing about 70 people.
- 1909 - Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana, is born.
- 1959 - Khaira Arby, Malian singer popularly known as The Nightingale of Timbuktu, is born.
- 2013 - Ghanaian poet and novelist Kofi Awoonor dies.
- 1979 -José Eduardo dos Santos becomes President of Angola.
