British colonial forces declared the Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya defeated after the capture of rebel leader Dedan Kimathi.
PoliticsOn this day — October 21 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
General Siad Barre seized power in a bloodless military coup in Somalia, beginning 21 years of authoritarian rule.
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CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons 1918 Albertina Sisulu, South African anti-apartheid activist and nurse who co-led the 1956 Women's March, was born.
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NASA — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1950 Ronald McNair, the second African-American to travel to space, who died in the 1986 Challenger disaster, was born.
BirthIsabelle Eberhardt, Swiss-born writer and explorer who documented Algerian society, died in a flash flood in Ain Sefra, Algeria.
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