Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1918 François Tombalbaye, who became Chad's first president after independence, was born.
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Bryan Berlin — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1992 Mohamed Salah, the Egyptian footballer who became one of the most decorated African players in Premier League history, was born.
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Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1954 Paul Rusesabagina, the Rwandan hotel manager credited with sheltering more than a thousand people during the 1994 genocide, was born.
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François-Régis Salefran — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1945 Robert Sarah, the Guinean cardinal who became one of the most prominent African voices in the Roman Catholic Church, was born.
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