The Governor of Kenya <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Baring,_1st_Baron_Howick_of_Glendale" id="mwhw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale">Evelyn Baring</a> declares a state of emergency and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mau_Mau_Uprising" id="mwiA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mau Mau Uprising">Mau Mau Uprising</a>.