Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0 1973 EgyptAir Flight 741 crashed into the Kyrenia Mountains in Cyprus, killing all 37 people aboard.
TragedyOn this day — January 29 in African history
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Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0 1973 A chartered Beechcraft 1900 crashed near the Unity oilfield in South Sudan, killing 20 people on board.
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Kathi Walther Bouma — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1961 Strive Masiyiwa, Zimbabwean telecommunications entrepreneur and one of Africa's most prominent philanthropists, was born.
BirthPauline Smith, South African novelist and short story writer known for The Beadle and The Little Karoo, died at age 76.
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Photo by Eliot Elisofon — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1993 Adetokunbo Ademola, Nigerian jurist who served as the second Chief Justice of Nigeria, died at age 86.
DeathJean-Marie Doré, Guinean lawyer and politician who served as prime minister during the country's 2010 political transition, died at age 78.
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