On this day in 1975, Herbert Wiltshire Pfumaindini Chitepo and one of his bodyguard Silas Shamiso died when a bomb placed on his car exploded in Lusaka, Zambia. His other bodyguard Sadat Kufamadzuba survived with injuries.
On this day in 1979, the attack launched By Rhodesian army and military on ZAPU rebels between Lusaka and Malungushi, Zambia came to an end. Twelve ZAPU rebels died.