Unknown photographer (Hulton Archive/Getty Images), Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1892 Haile Selassie, who became Ethiopia's emperor and a symbol of African independence, was born.
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Unknown photographer (Hulton Archive/Getty Images), Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1892 
Unknown author (Bibliotheca Alexandrina), Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons Free Officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser and Muhammad Naguib seized power in Egypt, forcing King Farouk to abdicate.
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A1C Felicia L. Wilson / US Dept. of Defense, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons Hassan II, king of Morocco for nearly four decades, died in Rabat.
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The Library of the London School of Economics and Political Science, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 2001 Nelson Mandela mediated a Burundi peace summit in Arusha, Tanzania, bringing together the country's warring factions.
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Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery — CC0, Wikimedia Commons 1962 Jackie Robinson became the first African American inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
HistoryBombs exploded in the Naama Bay area of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people in one of the deadliest attacks in Egyptian history.
ConflictElspeth Huxley, the English author best known for her memoir of colonial Kenya, 'The Flame Trees of Thika', was born.
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Jean-Louis Debaize, European Communities — CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1925 Quett Masire, who served as Botswana's vice president and later its second president, was born.
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