- 1964 — Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, and other anti-apartheid leaders are sentenced to life imprisonment in Pretoria, South Africa.
- 1963 — NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers is murdered in Jackson, Mississippi, by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith.
- 1993 — Moshood Abiola wins Nigerian election, results later annulled by Ibrahim Babangida's military government.
- 1821 — Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne to Isma'il Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, ending that Sudanese kingdom.
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Nyatiti madiere machodo chuny thum chuth.
Dholuo (Kenya)
Translation: The middle part of nyatiti (luo instrument) makes the best sound
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Enkerai
Kid
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Karewita engari nelotu enkerai tesiokino dukuya ai neitasho. naikirikira oleng amu eyieu aipony.naduo tengari nadol ajo kemodooni duo ena kerai. Neduaki osim naretoki metalanga endashoto olbaribara.
en
I was driving along the road when a kid suddenly stepped out in front of me. I trembeled abit because I almost hit him down.I stepped out of the car only to realize that the kid is blind.I felt sorry for him and helped him cross the other side of the road.
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