The Ottoman Empire under Selim I defeated the Mamluk Sultanate at the Battle of Ridaniya, bringing Egypt under Ottoman rule for the next four centuries.
HistoryOn this day — January 22 in African history
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Charles Edwin Fripp — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1879 Zulu forces won a decisive victory over British troops at the Battle of Isandlwana, one of the most significant defeats inflicted on the British Empire by an indigenous army.
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Painting by Alphonse de Neuville — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1879 Hours after Isandlwana, a small British garrison successfully defended the mission station at Rorke's Drift against a much larger Zulu force through the night.
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RuthAS — CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1973 A chartered Boeing 707 exploded in flames while landing at Kano Airport, Nigeria, killing 176 people, most of them pilgrims returning from Mecca.
TragedyGeorge Foreman knocked down champion Joe Frazier six times in two rounds to win the world heavyweight boxing title in Kingston, Jamaica.
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