1954 | South African Airways Flight 201 (SA201) crashed in the Mediterranean Sea killing 7 crew members and 14 passengers.
1970 | 46 children were killed and 50 wounded when the Israeli Air Force bombed Bahr el-Baqar primary school in Egypt.
2016 | Ismaïl Omar Guelleh won the Djibouti presidential elections by 87%. He’s been in office since 1999.
2017 | Abdoulaye Idrissa Maiga, was named the new prime minister by Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.
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DEATHS
2014 | Namibian diplomat and first Ambassador to Egypt, Andrew Intamba (67)
2016 | Zimbabwean politician and educator, Victoria Chitepo (88)
2020 | Zimbabwean cricket player, Jackie du Preez (77)
BIRTHDAYS
1938 | South African businessman, Allan Gray
1949 | South African operatic tenor, Fanie de Jager
1983 | South African tennis player, Andrew Anderson
1987 | South African netball player, Tsakane Mbewe
SPORT
ENTERTAINMENT
2020 | Kylie Jenner at the age of 22 was revealed to be the world’s youngest self-made billionaire by Forbes. Her business is valued at roughly $1.2 billion (over R21 billion).
AFRICA FACT
The tallest statue in Africa the “African Renaissance” stands 49m tall on the top of a 100m high hill, is located near the airport in Dakar, Senegal.
