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October
03

Today in African History

Celebrated across Africa on this day

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Historical Events

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  • ⚔️ 1935 Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy invades Ethiopia. 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
  • ⚔️ 1935 Italy invades Ethiopia in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
  • Nadine Gordimer
    🎭 1991 🇿🇦 South Africa
    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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  • 🌟 1989 Adina (Adina Thembi Ndamse), a Ghanaian-South African pop singer, is born. 🇬🇭 Ghana

Famous Deaths

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  • 🕯️ 2013 13 people are killed after a passenger plane crashes in Lagos, Nigeria. 🇳🇬 Nigeria

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