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King Writes History from a Birmingham Jail Cell
On April 16, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. sat in a Birmingham, Alabama jail cell, arrested for protesting segregation. Armed with pen and newspaper margins, he composed words that would reshape the American civil rig...
Historical Events
5- 1864 Tunisian tribal insurgents assassinate Governor General Farhat near El Kef, triggering the widespread Mejba Revolt against the doubling of the poll tax. 🇹🇳 Tunisia
- 1958 South Africa's National Stay-At-Home strike against apartheid concludes. 🇿🇦 South Africa
- 1960 Senegal signs a transfer of power agreement with France. 🇸🇳 Senegal
- 1969 Lusaka Manifesto on Southern Africa is issued 🇿🇲 Zambia
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The South African government seizes Archbishop Desmond Tutu's passport.
Famous Deaths
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Algerian reformist leader Abdelhamid Ben Badis dies. -
Death of Miloud Chaabi in Germany