Photo by Benny Gool — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons Desmond Tutu, South African Anglican archbishop, anti-apartheid leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was born in Klerksdorp.
BirthOn this day — October 7 in African history
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Photo by Benny Gool — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons Libya's National Constituent Assembly adopted the country's first constitution ahead of full independence later that year.
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Photo by Matthew Jordaan/Mediapix, World Economic Forum — CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 1952 Jakaya Kikwete, who later served as the fourth President of Tanzania, was born.
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New York World-Telegram and the Sun / Library of Congress — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1897 Elijah Muhammad, African-American religious leader who led the Nation of Islam for over four decades, was born.
BirthBomb attacks on hotels at Taba and a campsite at Ras al-Shitan in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula killed 34 people.
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