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South Africa’s new Ambassador to the United Nations, Adriaan (Riaan) Eksteen, presents his credentials to the secretary-general

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On the eve of the first anniversary of the death of Steve Biko, police arrest sixteen people including his brother, his sister

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Stephen (Steve) Bantu Biko, the leader of the Black Consciousness Movement, dies in detention.

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The Coloured Persons Representative Council (CRC) adjourns without passing its budget and urges the government to meet its dema

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Military officers depose Emperor Haile Selassie from the Ethiopian throne he had occupied for more than fifty years.

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Hettie Smit (S.J. Van Vuuren), SA author, dies.

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Dr. H. Muller is elected as the National Party’s leader in the Transvaal, following the resignation of B. Schoeman. His electio

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The SA rugby team wins the fourth test against New Zealand 20-17 in Johannesburg, thereby winning the series 3-1.

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Minister of Defence P.W. Botha announces in Cape Town that the posts of Secretary for Defence and Commandant-General of the Def

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Vincent Lawrence, community leader and Mohandas Gandhi’s confidential clerk, dies in Durban. He was born in Madras, India, in 1

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Chad closes its air space to South African and Portuguese aircraft.

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The Central African Republics, Ghana and Guinea threaten to withdraw their troops from a security force unless the United Natio

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An earthquake in which sixteen people die strikes Cairo, Egypt.

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Willem Hendrik Adriaan Boshoff, S.A.artist, is born in Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal.

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Jeremy Cronin, South African Communist Party politician and former political prisoner in the Pretoria Maximum Security Prison,

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WWII: Italian forces begin an offensive into Egypt from Libya.

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Andries J. Bester (81), Boer commandant during Anglo-Boer War 2, dies in Paul Roux, OFS.

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Southern Rhodesia is formally annexed to the United Kingdom.

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Prof. Felix Lategan, first professor in Afrikaans and Dutch at the University College of the Western Cape, is born.

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The Victoria Falls Bridge is opened.

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The SA rugby team beats the British Isles for the first time in a rugby test series by winning the third test in Newlands 8-0.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The governor of Portuguese East Africa, J.J. Machado, invites Pres. Kruger to stay in the official residenc

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The ‘Chartered Company’ hoists the Union Jack at what is now Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe.

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Cleopatra’s Needle, the obelisk of Thothmes II, is erected on London’s Embankment.

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Abraham Esau, Calvinian Coloured leader and martyr is born in Kenhardt, Cape Colony. He aided the British Imperial cause duri

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The chairman of the Central Road Board of the Cape Colony, P.B. Borcherds, opens Bain’s Kloof Pass to traffic. The pass was d

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Robert Biggar, SA trader and adventurer, is born in Cowpur, Scotland.

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Thousands are killed after terrorists crashed hijacked airliners into the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Wa

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The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is officially formed in Zimbabwe.

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The Gauteng Lions win the Bankfin-Currie Cup by beating the Natal Sharks on King’s Park rugby field 32-9.

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South Africa’s new Ambassador to the United Nations, Adriaan (Riaan) Eksteen, presents his credentials to the secretary-general

On the eve of the first anniversary of the death of Steve Biko, police arrest sixteen people including his brother, his sister

Stephen (Steve) Bantu Biko, the leader of the Black Consciousness Movement, dies in detention.

The Coloured Persons Representative Council (CRC) adjourns without passing its budget and urges the government to meet its dema

Military officers depose Emperor Haile Selassie from the Ethiopian throne he had occupied for more than fifty years.

Hettie Smit (S.J. Van Vuuren), SA author, dies.

Dr. H. Muller is elected as the National Party’s leader in the Transvaal, following the resignation of B. Schoeman. His electio

The SA rugby team wins the fourth test against New Zealand 20-17 in Johannesburg, thereby winning the series 3-1.

Minister of Defence P.W. Botha announces in Cape Town that the posts of Secretary for Defence and Commandant-General of the Def

Vincent Lawrence, community leader and Mohandas Gandhi’s confidential clerk, dies in Durban. He was born in Madras, India, in 1

Chad closes its air space to South African and Portuguese aircraft.

The Central African Republics, Ghana and Guinea threaten to withdraw their troops from a security force unless the United Natio

An earthquake in which sixteen people die strikes Cairo, Egypt.

Willem Hendrik Adriaan Boshoff, S.A.artist, is born in Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal.

Jeremy Cronin, South African Communist Party politician and former political prisoner in the Pretoria Maximum Security Prison,

WWII: Italian forces begin an offensive into Egypt from Libya.

Andries J. Bester (81), Boer commandant during Anglo-Boer War 2, dies in Paul Roux, OFS.

Southern Rhodesia is formally annexed to the United Kingdom.

Prof. Felix Lategan, first professor in Afrikaans and Dutch at the University College of the Western Cape, is born.

The Victoria Falls Bridge is opened.

The SA rugby team beats the British Isles for the first time in a rugby test series by winning the third test in Newlands 8-0.

Anglo-Boer War 2: The governor of Portuguese East Africa, J.J. Machado, invites Pres. Kruger to stay in the official residenc

The ‘Chartered Company’ hoists the Union Jack at what is now Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe.

Cleopatra’s Needle, the obelisk of Thothmes II, is erected on London’s Embankment.

Abraham Esau, Calvinian Coloured leader and martyr is born in Kenhardt, Cape Colony. He aided the British Imperial cause duri

The chairman of the Central Road Board of the Cape Colony, P.B. Borcherds, opens Bain’s Kloof Pass to traffic. The pass was d

Robert Biggar, SA trader and adventurer, is born in Cowpur, Scotland.

Thousands are killed after terrorists crashed hijacked airliners into the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Wa

The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is officially formed in Zimbabwe.

The Gauteng Lions win the Bankfin-Currie Cup by beating the Natal Sharks on King’s Park rugby field 32-9.