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The Black Hawk Down
The Battle of Mogadishu, also known as the Black Hawk Down incident, occurred on October 3-4, 1993, in Mogadishu, Somalia, during a United Nations peacekeeping mission. Initially aimed at capturing a Somali warlord, Moha...
Celebrated across Africa on this day
1Historical Events
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Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the first Latin American player to appear in a World Series. - 1935 Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy invades Ethiopia. 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
- 1935 Italy invades Ethiopia in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
- 1949 WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta. United States
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Nadine Gordimer is announced as the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. - 1993 The Battle of Mogadishu, pitting U.S. troops against the fighters of Somali warlords, begins in Somalia’s capital. 🇸🇴 Somalia
- 1993 An American attack against a warlord in Mogadishu fails; eighteen US soldiers and over 350 Somalis die. 🇸🇴 Somalia
- 1993 The Battle of Mogadishu begins, pitting U.S. troops against Somali warlord fighters in Somalia's capital. 🇸🇴 Somalia
- 1993 An American attack against a warlord in Mogadishu fails; eighteen U.S. soldiers and over 350 Somalis die. 🇸🇴 Somalia
- 2007 A broken water pipe damages an elevator and traps about 3,200 miners in a gold mine in South Africa. 🇿🇦 South Africa
Famous Births
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Gerald Asamoah, a Ghanaian-German footballer, is born. - 1989 Adina (Adina Thembi Ndamse), a Ghanaian-South African pop singer, is born. 🇬🇭 Ghana
Famous Deaths
1- 2013 13 people are killed after a passenger plane crashes in Lagos, Nigeria. 🇳🇬 Nigeria
