Historical Events
- 1960 - Mobutu Sese Seko's men arrest Patrice Lumumba for inciting the army to rebellion.
- 1958 - The Central African Republic attains self-rule within the French Union.
- 1984 - Yolandi Visser, a South African rapper and actress, is born.
- 1992 - Masahudu Alhassan, a Ghanaian footballer, is born.
- 2016 - Adama Barrow wins Gambia's presidential election, ending Yahya Jammeh's 22-year rule, which began with a coup.