By Alistair Boddy-Evans, About.com Guide
1941, 19 January - World War II: East Africa
Kassala, on the Sudan-Eritrean border, is retaken by the British as Major General William Platt begins an offensive against Italian troops in Eritrea.
1964, 19 January
Sourou-Migan Apithy is elected president of Dahomey (renamed Benin in 1975).
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