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The UN Security Council authorises an urgent airlift of food and medicine for Somalia and demands the cooperation of warring fa

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A forty-eight-hour strike and a week of mass action starts to force an early transition to majority rule and effective measures

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Prof. Ulrich Gerhard Lauts (78), who reported on the Great Trek and further adventures of the Voortrekkers and who was appointe

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Jan Hendrik Boom, gardener at the Cape, and his wife Annetjie (Annetjie de Boerin), receive permission to farm and keep dairy c

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The women, Julia Fairbank-Smith and Gansie Louw and four-year-old Emma Wahl, is murdered on a guest farm near Niewoudtville.

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Shaka, Zulu chief and founder of the Zulu empire, is murdered by his two half-brothers Dingane and Mhlangana. Dingane assumes t

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Charles Nqakula, Minister of Safety and Security of the Republic of South Africa since 7 May 2002 and Chairperson of the South

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During the Egyptian Rebellion, British forces under Wolseley rout the Egyptians at Tel-el-Kebir and proceed to occupy Egypt and

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Allen Francis Gardiner, missionary in Port Natal during the reign of Dingane and later in Chile, New Guinea and Patagonia, pres

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Wilhelmina, queen of the Netherlands from 1890 and throughout World Wars I (WWI) and II (WWII), abdicates in favour of her daug

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The Berlin Airlift, which delivers 2m tons of food and fuel to West Berliners while circumventing a Soviet blockade, and in whi

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The Chamber of Mines and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) sign an agreement on wages and working conditions averting the

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Following unrest and rioting in the townships, the Minister of Law and Order prohibits all meetings of more than two persons, d

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Balthazar Johannes Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa and leader of the National Party from 1966 to 1978 and State Preside

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Lady Mary Bailey, daughter of Derrick Warner William Westenra and later wife of Sir Abe Bailey, Rand magnate and politician, di

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John August Ion Agar-Hamilton, historian and Anglican priest of Scottish descent, is born in Cairo, Egypt and arrived with his

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Eight Army officers are paraded by President Samora Machel at a mass rally in Maputo and are accused of treason and complicity

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Ivory Coast’s two western rebel groups, the Movement for Justice and Peace and the Ivorian Popular Movement of the Greater West

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The Six Day War between Israel and its neighbouring countries Egypt, Jordan and Syria breaks out with Israel launching air stri

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South Africa signs an agreement with Namibia relating to defence and civil aviation in Walvis Bay and signs a bilateral air ser

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James Filbert Sojane, sports administrator and pioneer in the taxi industry who strove to improve the image and operation of th

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Derek Hanekom, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology of the Republic of South Africa since 29 April 2004 and former ministe

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The Battle of Blaauwberg takes place, and part of the defending force capitulates two days later. Cape Governor Janssens and th

This day in history

The UN negotiates a ceasefire between Israel and the defeated Egypt, Syria and Jordan, ending the Six-Day War, with Israel occu

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Archduke Frans Ferdinand, Austrian heir to the throne, and his wife are shot and killed by a student in Sarajevo. This lead

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Pierre Jacy Fourie, boxer and winner of the middle and light-heavyweight SA titles, is born in Malvern, Johannesburg. He was

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A peace summit (23-24 June) brokered by the clergy and business and attended by all major political parties, but boycotted by

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Armed hostel inmates shoot and hack their way through the Black township of Boipatong, leaving forty-six people dead and scores

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Generals Piet Joubert and Louis Botha cross the Tugela River and head down the railway line to Pietermaritzbu

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Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi, Xhosa poet and prose writer, and a member of the Xhosa Bible revision board, is born in Gqumahashe

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The UN Security Council authorises an urgent airlift of food and medicine for Somalia and demands the cooperation of warring fa

A forty-eight-hour strike and a week of mass action starts to force an early transition to majority rule and effective measures

Prof. Ulrich Gerhard Lauts (78), who reported on the Great Trek and further adventures of the Voortrekkers and who was appointe

Jan Hendrik Boom, gardener at the Cape, and his wife Annetjie (Annetjie de Boerin), receive permission to farm and keep dairy c

The women, Julia Fairbank-Smith and Gansie Louw and four-year-old Emma Wahl, is murdered on a guest farm near Niewoudtville.

Shaka, Zulu chief and founder of the Zulu empire, is murdered by his two half-brothers Dingane and Mhlangana. Dingane assumes t

Charles Nqakula, Minister of Safety and Security of the Republic of South Africa since 7 May 2002 and Chairperson of the South

During the Egyptian Rebellion, British forces under Wolseley rout the Egyptians at Tel-el-Kebir and proceed to occupy Egypt and

Allen Francis Gardiner, missionary in Port Natal during the reign of Dingane and later in Chile, New Guinea and Patagonia, pres

Wilhelmina, queen of the Netherlands from 1890 and throughout World Wars I (WWI) and II (WWII), abdicates in favour of her daug

The Berlin Airlift, which delivers 2m tons of food and fuel to West Berliners while circumventing a Soviet blockade, and in whi

The Chamber of Mines and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) sign an agreement on wages and working conditions averting the

Following unrest and rioting in the townships, the Minister of Law and Order prohibits all meetings of more than two persons, d

Balthazar Johannes Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa and leader of the National Party from 1966 to 1978 and State Preside

Lady Mary Bailey, daughter of Derrick Warner William Westenra and later wife of Sir Abe Bailey, Rand magnate and politician, di

John August Ion Agar-Hamilton, historian and Anglican priest of Scottish descent, is born in Cairo, Egypt and arrived with his

Eight Army officers are paraded by President Samora Machel at a mass rally in Maputo and are accused of treason and complicity

Ivory Coast’s two western rebel groups, the Movement for Justice and Peace and the Ivorian Popular Movement of the Greater West

The Six Day War between Israel and its neighbouring countries Egypt, Jordan and Syria breaks out with Israel launching air stri

South Africa signs an agreement with Namibia relating to defence and civil aviation in Walvis Bay and signs a bilateral air ser

James Filbert Sojane, sports administrator and pioneer in the taxi industry who strove to improve the image and operation of th

Derek Hanekom, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology of the Republic of South Africa since 29 April 2004 and former ministe

The Battle of Blaauwberg takes place, and part of the defending force capitulates two days later. Cape Governor Janssens and th

The UN negotiates a ceasefire between Israel and the defeated Egypt, Syria and Jordan, ending the Six-Day War, with Israel occu

Archduke Frans Ferdinand, Austrian heir to the throne, and his wife are shot and killed by a student in Sarajevo. This lead

Pierre Jacy Fourie, boxer and winner of the middle and light-heavyweight SA titles, is born in Malvern, Johannesburg. He was

A peace summit (23-24 June) brokered by the clergy and business and attended by all major political parties, but boycotted by

Armed hostel inmates shoot and hack their way through the Black township of Boipatong, leaving forty-six people dead and scores

Anglo-Boer War 2: Generals Piet Joubert and Louis Botha cross the Tugela River and head down the railway line to Pietermaritzbu

Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi, Xhosa poet and prose writer, and a member of the Xhosa Bible revision board, is born in Gqumahashe