2011 Event Kenyan runner, Patrick Makau Musyoki, breaks the world record for the marathon at the Berlin Marathon 2009 Event Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has 4,000 prisoners death sentences commuted to life imprisonment 1997 Death Elspeth Huxley, Kenyan Writer 1994 Death Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenyan vice-president (1963-66), dies at about 81 1978 Birthday Thomas Odoyo, cricketer, Kenyan all-rounder 1996 World Cup 1971 Birthday Hitesh Modi, cricketer, Kenyan left-handed batsman 1996 World Cup 1971 Birthday Moses Kiptanui, Kenyan 3K runner, world record 1971 Birthday Steve Tikolo, cricketer, outstanding Kenyan batsman in 1996 World Cup 1971 Birthday Martin Suji, cricketer, Kenyan pace bowler 1996 World Cup 1969 Birthday Maurice Odumbe, cricketer, Kenyan batsman and 1996 World Cup captain 1965 Birthday Edward Odumbe, cricketer, Kenyan pace bowler 1996 World Cup 1964 Birthday David Tikolo, Kenyan cricket batsman, 1996 World Cup 1963 Birthday Douglas Wakiihuri, Kenyan marathon runner 1988 Olympics silver 1942 Birthday Chananjit Vohra, Kenyan/British hotel magnate/multi-millionaire 1940 Birthday Wangari Maathai, Kenyan Activist 1931 Birthday Mwai Kibaki, Kenyan Statesman 1907 Birthday Elspeth Huxley, Kenyan Writer
