- 1865 — Hundreds of Black men and women march on the Morant Bay courthouse in Jamaica, igniting a major uprising against British colonial rule.
- 1991 — Professor Anita Hill delivers televised testimony regarding sexual harassment during the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination hearing.
- 1899 — The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
- 1998 — A Congo Airlines Boeing 727 is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 40 people.
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Chuori chuora chuora chuori
Dholuo (Kenya)
Translation: You husband is my my husband and my husband is your husband.
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Nakava igao
Even if
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Ndacha okugia ku-kuikumnia, nakava igao manyiri-de omunthu yoyona erya. /
ndacha okugenda enyangi, nakava igao ng'amanyiri omontho yoyona erya.
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I will go to the party even if I don't know anyone there.
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