Ssolbergj — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1995 Mississippi formally ratified the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery, becoming the last US state to do so, 130 years after its original passage.
SlaveryOn this day — March 16 in African history
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not not phil from SF, CA, US — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 2010 The Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural UNESCO World Heritage Site and burial ground of Buganda kings, were destroyed by fire.
CultureSuicide bombers attacked a mosque near Maiduguri, Nigeria, killing 24 people.
Politics
Sodacan — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1941 British and Commonwealth forces launched Operation Appearance during World War II to liberate British Somaliland from Italian occupation.
War
BeraDigle — CC0, Wikimedia Commons 1941 Robert Guéï, Ivorian army general who later became President of Côte d'Ivoire, was born.
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