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Egypt and Syria form economic union.

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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 House of Assembly defeats Prime Minister Hertzog’s motion of neutrality and adopts Smuts’ amendment in favour of joining th

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The SA rugby team wins the second test against New Zealand in Christchurch 13-6.

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The Capitol theatre in Pretoria, described as the best in the world, is inaugurated.

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British forces take Dar-es-Salaam in Tanganyika.

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Henry M. Arderne (80), attorney and director of companies, dies in Cape Town.

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Ian Bruce Anderson, SA baritone, actor and director, is born in Southport, England.

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Daniël Petrus van den Heever (65), Cape parliamentarian and champion for Afrikaans, dies in Venterstad, CP.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: An extraordinary ZAR Government Gazette is published, containing Act no 5 of 1900, allowing for the reorgan

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Mary Elizabeth Barber, an 1820 Settler and early SA naturalist, author and painter, dies in Malvern, Natal. She was a remarka

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Christoffel Coetzee de Villiers (37), compiler of South African genealogical registers, dies.

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Johannes Anthonie Smith, painter, art critic and journalist, is born in Aberdeen, Karoo.

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Anglo-French dual control of Egypt is re-established.

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Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti, hailed by many as the greatest tenor of his generation, dies in his home after a long bat

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Mpho Gift Leremi, Mamelodi Sundowns soccer player, who has also represented Bafana Bafana, dies after losing control of his car

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Humphrey Ndlovu, veteran IFP leader dies

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Sierra Leone’s president Ahmed Tejan Kabbah shakes hands with his rebel counterpart Gen Issa Sesay, and declares the West Afric

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Brian Duddy (55), victim of the Planet Hollywood bomb attack, dies in Cape Town.

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Ciskei National Security Decree No 19, providing for indefinite detention without trial, commences.

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The National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC) endorses proposals for the intensification of the mass

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Thousands of &quot;non-Whites&quot; march and bathe at &quot;Whites only&quot; beaches in a nationwide defiance campaign in Sou

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South Africa’s government re-imposes order prohibiting journalists from reporting actions of security forces.

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A march in which thousands of people take part to protest against councillors, leads to violence in the Vaal Triangle. The marc

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An explosion occurs at the Department of Internal Affairs, Harrison Street, Johannesburg, injuring four people and causing dama

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The new constitution of South Africa, providing for an executive state president, a parliament with three councils, a central c

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General Constand Viljoen is appointed as Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF) and Lieutenant-General Jan Geldenhuys

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John Wiley, former leader of the South African Party, is elected as National Party member for Simonstown, defeating the PFP can

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Dr. Frederik van Zyl Slabbert is chosen as the Leader of the Opposition Progressive Federal Party (PFP) in succession to Colin

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The Convention on the International Maritime Satellite Organisation plus Operating Agreement, to which SA is a party, is signed

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Egypt and Syria form economic union.

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

The House of Assembly defeats Prime Minister Hertzog’s motion of neutrality and adopts Smuts’ amendment in favour of joining th

The SA rugby team wins the second test against New Zealand in Christchurch 13-6.

The Capitol theatre in Pretoria, described as the best in the world, is inaugurated.

British forces take Dar-es-Salaam in Tanganyika.

Henry M. Arderne (80), attorney and director of companies, dies in Cape Town.

Ian Bruce Anderson, SA baritone, actor and director, is born in Southport, England.

Daniël Petrus van den Heever (65), Cape parliamentarian and champion for Afrikaans, dies in Venterstad, CP.

Anglo-Boer War 2: An extraordinary ZAR Government Gazette is published, containing Act no 5 of 1900, allowing for the reorgan

Mary Elizabeth Barber, an 1820 Settler and early SA naturalist, author and painter, dies in Malvern, Natal. She was a remarka

Christoffel Coetzee de Villiers (37), compiler of South African genealogical registers, dies.

Johannes Anthonie Smith, painter, art critic and journalist, is born in Aberdeen, Karoo.

Anglo-French dual control of Egypt is re-established.

Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti, hailed by many as the greatest tenor of his generation, dies in his home after a long bat

Mpho Gift Leremi, Mamelodi Sundowns soccer player, who has also represented Bafana Bafana, dies after losing control of his car

Humphrey Ndlovu, veteran IFP leader dies

Sierra Leone’s president Ahmed Tejan Kabbah shakes hands with his rebel counterpart Gen Issa Sesay, and declares the West Afric

Brian Duddy (55), victim of the Planet Hollywood bomb attack, dies in Cape Town.

Ciskei National Security Decree No 19, providing for indefinite detention without trial, commences.

The National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC) endorses proposals for the intensification of the mass

Thousands of &amp;quot;non-Whites&amp;quot; march and bathe at &amp;quot;Whites only&amp;quot; beaches in a nationwide defiance campaign in Sou

South Africa’s government re-imposes order prohibiting journalists from reporting actions of security forces.

A march in which thousands of people take part to protest against councillors, leads to violence in the Vaal Triangle. The marc

An explosion occurs at the Department of Internal Affairs, Harrison Street, Johannesburg, injuring four people and causing dama

The new constitution of South Africa, providing for an executive state president, a parliament with three councils, a central c

General Constand Viljoen is appointed as Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF) and Lieutenant-General Jan Geldenhuys

John Wiley, former leader of the South African Party, is elected as National Party member for Simonstown, defeating the PFP can

Dr. Frederik van Zyl Slabbert is chosen as the Leader of the Opposition Progressive Federal Party (PFP) in succession to Colin

The Convention on the International Maritime Satellite Organisation plus Operating Agreement, to which SA is a party, is signed

Thousands of "non-Whites" march and bathe at "Whites only" beaches in a nationwide defiance campaign in Sou