Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 1980 The African National Congress published a call to arms from its imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela, smuggled out of Robben Island prison.
PoliticsOn this day — June 10 in African history
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Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 1980 
USAID — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 2024 A plane crash in northern Malawi killed ten people, including Vice President Saulos Chilima.
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Keystone View Company, restored by Adam Cuerden — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1940 Jamaican-born Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey, founder of the Black Star Line and a towering figure in Black nationalist thought, died in London.
DeathSudan Airways Flight 109 crashed while landing at Khartoum International Airport, killing 30 people.
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UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office — Open Government Licence, Wikimedia Commons 2012 George Saitoti, a Kenyan economist and politician who served as Vice-President of Kenya, died in a helicopter crash.
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