- 1892 — Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the whites-only car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
- 1862 — The United States and the United Kingdom agree in the Lyons–Seward Treaty to suppress the African slave trade.
- 1692 — Port Royal, Jamaica, is hit by a catastrophic earthquake; in just three minutes, 1,600 people are killed and 3,000 are seriously injured.
- 1896 — Egyptian forces triumph in the Battle of Farkeh, defeating the Mahdist Sudanese defenders.
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Malingo
Malingo ni jina la mwanaume linalo onesha alizaliwa kipindi ambacho watu walikuwa wanapenda kucheza ngoma za jadi kwa malingo
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Malingo ali mwinyumba amamile
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Malingo yuko ndani amelala
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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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