On this day — October 13 in African history

Prince Louis Rwagasore, hero of Burundi's independence movement and its prime minister, was assassinated in Bujumbura just months before the country gained independence.

Sources: The Guardian ; Deutsche Welle

Jerry Rice, American football wide receiver widely regarded as the greatest in NFL history, was born in Mississippi.

Sources: Mississippi Encyclopedia (Center for the Study of Southern Culture, University of Mississippi) ; Encyclopaedia Britannica

Photo by Erik van Leeuwen — CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Agnes Tirop, Kenyan Olympic runner and world record holder, was found killed at her home in Iten, Kenya.

Sources: Al Jazeera ; World Athletics

Ben Africa, Namibian surgeon, politician and former Baster captain of Rehoboth, was born.

Sources: KlausDierks.com, Biographies of Namibian Personalities ; Modern Africa: Politics, History and Society (University of Hradec Kralove)

Bibliothèque nationale de France — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons

Iyasu I, Emperor of Ethiopia remembered as 'Iyasu the Great' for his military campaigns and administrative reforms, died.

Sources: Dictionary of African Christian Biography (Boston University) ; Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

Armand Mouyal, the Algerian-born French epee fencer who won an Olympic bronze medal in the 1956 team event, was born.

Sources: Olympedia ; Fencing Archive

Poure Puobe VII, the Paramount Chief of Nandom in Ghana's Upper East Region, was born.

Sources: BusinessGhana ; Graphic Online (Daily Graphic, Ghana)