- 1954 — The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.
- 1911 — Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy carries out the world's first combat aerial bombing mission in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War.
- 1893 — The Battle of Bembezi becomes the most decisive British victory in the First Matabele War.
- 1976 — Deputy Jean-Baptiste Bagaza deposes Burundian president Michel Micombero in a bloodless military coup d'état.
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Sani saa aboro Samson somo saburi siaya
Dholuo (Kenya)
Translation: Its Two, Samson is reading the book of Psalms in Siaya.
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