The “Victor of the Crusades,” Al-Ashraf Khahil, begins his reign. He will succeed in forcing Europe’s Knights Templar out of Aden, the capital of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, and from three other Holy Land Cities, effectively repulsing the Crusaders. He will rule as the Sultan of Egypt and Syria for three years before he is assassinated as part of the drama of royal family intrigue that is typical of the Mamluk Dynasty’s rule of Egypt.

South African flower and tree supplier James Clark, who imported jacaranda seedlings from Australia and began growing them on a large scale, donates 200 small saplings to the Pretoria City Council. They are planted, and by 1971 there will be 55,000 trees – 70,000 in 2022 – when Pretoria will be known as “Jacaranda City” as it blooms purple every October.

At age 48, Yuhi V (pic), the umwami (king) of Rwanda, is deposed by Belgian colonial authorities in Ruanda-Urundi (Rwanda and Burundi). His refusal to become Catholic has annoyed Catholic missionaries, and his arrogance toward sub-chiefs is seen by Brussels as an impediment to the development of the country. His 21 year-old son Rudahigwa has been secretly groomed by Belgium to take the throne.

Classes begin at Africa’s first school of veterinary medicine, the School of Agriculture and Veterinary Science, at the Gordon Memorial College (University of Khartoum) in Khartoum, Sudan.

Herman Göring, Germany's Nazi government’s second most powerful leader besides Chancellor Adolph Hitler, announces a plan to take over Madagascar and use the island as a “homeland” (i.e. extermination camp) for the world’s Jews.

Belgian colonial authorities in the Ruanda (Rwanda) of Ruanda-Urundi declare a State of Emergency as ethnic violence arises between the Tutsi, the ethnic minority that controls the country’s economy and politics, and the majority Hutu, who have been margnialised by Belgium and subject to forced labour. Thousands are killed in the Rwanda Revolution that shifts political control from the Tutsi monarch toward a democratic government.

The U.N. General Assembly condemns Rhodesia’s white-minority government’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI), calling it racist and urging all nations not to recognise the country.

The Association of African Universities is founded, in Rabat, Morocco. Because of the growth in national universities since the Independence era began, a mutual-support body is need to convene the heads of institutions of higher education on timely issues and to generate continental initiatives for higher education.

South Africa is suspended from the U.N. General Assembly over its continuing racist apartheid policies.

Morocco drops out of the Organisation of African Unity in protest of the admission of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic as the government of Western Sahara (pic). Morocco claims Western Sahara as its territory.

The Mozambican opposition party Renamo stages violent protests in Montepuez over the 1999 elections. 41 people are killed in the choas.

Zambia's 30,000 beekeepers doubled their export profits from US$1.6 million in 2015 to US$3 million in 2018. This year's production of 2,000 tons is expected to grow to 10,000 tons by 2022. Each Zambian hive produces a unique tasting honey, depending on flower pollen consumed by bees.