1726: Peter, the Wild Boy of Hanover, is baptized in London.
1998: A new language law is passed in Algeria, emphasizing Arabic as the country’s sole official language.
2004: In his farewell address as the chairman of the African Union, the Mozambican president creates quite a fuss by addressing the meeting in Swahili. Despite Swahili being the most widely understood African language, the official languages of the African Union are Arabic, French, English, and Portuguese.
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