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Phillis Wheatley: From Enslaved to Emancipated Poet
On this date in 1775, Phillis Wheatley stepped into freedom. The woman who had arrived in Boston as an enslaved child decades earlier—purchased by the Wheatley family—had already achieved what no African American before...
Historical Events
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At age 16, Mwanga II is installed as the 31st Kabaka to rule the Buganda people. - 1998 A pipeline explosion in Nigeria results in the tragic loss of over 200 lives as a fire rages for six days before it is successfully extinguished. 🇳🇬 Nigeria
Famous Births
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Born in Anomabu, Gold Coast (now Ghana) -
Félix Houphouët-Boigny, the first president of Côte d'Ivoire, is born. -
Philibert Tsiranana, the first president of Madagascar, is born. -
Paul Ngei born in Kiima Kimwe near Machakos township into the influential lineage of Chief Masaku. - 1927 Fany Pfumo, a Mozambican musician, is born. 🇲🇿 Mozambique
Famous Deaths
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Dinuzulu ka-Cetshwayo, King of the Zulu, dies. -
Lucky Dube killed in a carjacking in Rosettenville, Johannesburg