Jomo Kenyatta, the longtime leader of the anti-colonial struggles in Kenya, died on this day at the age of 83.
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Fisk University, one of the most famous Historically Black College and Universities (HBCUs), is established on this day in 1867.
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The most successful slave insurrection and rebellion in the world, the Haitian Revolution, began on this day in 1791. France was defeated as the colonial power, leading to its withdrawal from the Americas and selling its colony of Louisiana to the United States.
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