- 1896 — The Menalamba Rebellion erupts in Madagascar as Malagasy rebels resist France's colonization efforts.
- 1953 — The United States Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co. that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons.
- 1968 — James Earl Ray, the man who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr., is arrested at London Heathrow Airport.
- 1991 — South African Airways is authorized to fly over Africa as anti-apartheid efforts advance.
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Translation: You husband is my my husband and my husband is your husband.
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Dhok-liunda
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Nyasaye nogwedho Leonida moneno dhok-liunda ge.
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God blessed Leonida till she saw her great-grand-children
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