- 1936 — Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country.
- 1922 — U.S. Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes and Dominican Ambassador Francisco J. Peynado sign the Hughes–Peynado agreement, ending the United States occupation of the Dominican Republic.
- 1851 — The Battle of Viervoet occurs in the Basotho-British war.
- 1922 — Masinde Muliro, a Kenyan politician, is born.
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Translation: Hippopotamus go round the grave the grave go round the hippopotamus.
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