TODAY IN HISTORY
• Intl Mother Language Day
• 2017 - Nigeria
Pres Muhammadu Buhari said results of medical tests showed he needed more time to rest, which necessitated he stay in the United Kingdom (UK) longer than planned.
• 2016 - Nigeria
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission began a probe into the $2billion Malabu Oil deal to ascertain whether Nigeria was short-changed.
• 2016 - USA
Following a decisive loss in the South Carolina primary, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush ended his bid for 2016 Republican presidential nomination and his dream of succeeding his father and brother at the White House.
• 2012 - Senegal
Africa's top envoy, former Pres. Olusegun Obasanjo, arrived in Senegal amid fresh clashes, with the opposition hoping he can talk 85-year-old President Abdoulaye Wade out of seeking a third term.
• 2009 - S/korea
A South Korean housewife broke a world record in marathon singing after crooning for over 76 hours without stopping at a Seoul karaoke bar.
• 2007 - S/africa
Two people were arrested for theft of jewelry worth over $500,000 from the home of Winnie Madikizela-mandela, the former wife of Nelson Mandela.
• 2000 - Nigeria
20 people were killed as Muslims and Christians clashed in Kaduna over a proposal to bring Sharia Law to the state.
• 1999 - Nigeria
People's Democratic Party led by Chief Obasanjo won 169 of 360 seats in the House of Representatives. Lola Abiola-edowar won a seat in the House. She was the daughter of Moshood Abiola.
• 1995 - Canada
Chicago stockbroker Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon, landing in Saskatchewan, Canada.
• 1989 - USA
Pres. Bush called Ayatollah Khomeini's death warrant against Satanic Verse author, Salman Rushdie ‘deeply offensive to norms of civilized behaviour.’
• 1965 - USA
Former Black Muslim leader, El-hajj Malik ElShabazz, aka Malcolm X (39), was shot to death in front of 400 people in New York by assassins identified as Black Muslims. His wife, Betty, was pregnant with twins and sat in the audience along with his four-year-old daughter Quibilah.