- 1961 — UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in an air crash while negotiating peace in Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- 1921 — Abd el-Krim leads Berber secessionists in proclaiming the Republic of the Rif against Morocco's Sultan and Spanish colonial forces.
- 1988 — General Prosper Avril leads a coup d'état that ousts Haitian president General Henri Namphy from power.
- 1962 — Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda, and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations.
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Juzi mjuzi akala mchuzi wa mjusi.
Swahili (Tanzania)
Translation: The day before yesterday the wise man ate some lizard soup.
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Majegi
Breasts.
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Majegi ziko rada rieng ya msee amechachisha kindukulu akihojiwa na makarau.
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The breasts are upright/firm like a person being interviewed by police just after smoking holly herb.
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