All-Pro Reels — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons Doug Williams led the Washington Redskins to victory in Super Bowl XXII, becoming the first African American quarterback to start, win, and be named MVP of a Super Bowl.
SportsOn this day — January 31 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 2001 A Scottish court sitting in the Netherlands convicted Libyan agent Abdelbaset al-Megrahi for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
PoliticsAt least 113 people were killed in Molo, Kenya, when spilled oil ignited days after a fire had already killed dozens at a Nairobi supermarket.
Tragedy
Max Koot Studio — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons 1961 Fatou Bensouda, Gambian lawyer who served as Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court from 2012 to 2021, was born.
BirthAdelaide Tambo, South African anti-apartheid activist, politician, and wife of ANC leader Oliver Tambo, died at age 77.
Death
Somali Government — CC0, Wikimedia Commons 2014 Abdirizak Haji Hussein, Somali politician who served as the country's fourth prime minister, died at age 89.
Death