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General Law Amendment Act (Sabotage Act) No 76 commences.
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The government of Ghana imposes a total ban on the export of all produce to South Africa and South West Africa, as a protest ag
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The first friendly professional soccer match is played between Rangers and Germiston Callies.
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Jacobus Johannes Naude (80), scout for the Boers in Transvaal, dies in Pretoria.
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Black (Native) Laws Amendment Act No 54 commences
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The United Nations (UN) Security Council calls on members for troops to aid South Korea. In October 1950 South Africa sent its
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Stephen Risi, S.A artist, is born in Johannesburg.
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Dorothea Bleek (80), authority on San art and culture, dies.
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Fransiscus Jacobus Ludovicus (Louis) de Vriendt, Dutch-speaking actor who played an important role in the SA professional theat
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Dr Dadoo and Miss Asvat are sentenced to three months with hard labour under the Riotous Assemblies Act.
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Omar Badsha, SA photographer, trade unionist and political activist, is born in Durban. He is currently head of the Non Governm
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WWII: As the Eighth Army abandons Mersa Matruhin, North Africa, Rommel’s forces claim to have captured another 6,000 British t
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Dawie Couzyn, SA baritone, is born in Pretoria.
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The US signs a treaty of commerce with Ethiopia.
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A party of Transvaal transport riders consisting of Pieter Pretorius, younger brother of Andries Pretorius and uncle of Pres. M
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Sir Henry Binns, politician, farmer and businessman, is born in Sunderland, England.
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The British ship Luna runs on the rocks near Brenton after leaving Knysna harbour.
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British forces capture Cairo and the French begin withdrawing from Egypt in one of the Napoleonic Wars.
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Josephus Suasso de Lima, editor and publisher of the first Dutch newspaper in SA, De Verzamelaar, is born in Amsterdam, the Net
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The SAPS becomes the first police force in Africa to launch a missing children website (missingkids.com.za), with 800 cases.
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The rugby team of Wales beats SA in Cardiff the first time ever with 29-19.
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Eight people, including Alloune Blondin Beye, Angolan legate to the United Nations, die in a plane crash.
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The state visit of Pres. Jacques Chirac of France starts in Pretoria.
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Local elections are finally held in Kwazulu Natal. Thousands of additional police and troops are deployed and voting proceeds p
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak survives an assassination bid unscathed when gunmen spray bullets at his armoured limousine in
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The rugby match between SA and France ends in a tie with 20 each. It is François Pienaar’s first match as Springbok captain.
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Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging members attack the World Trade Centre where the Multi-Party Talks are being held.
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Dingaan Thobela, SA lightweight, wins the World Boxing Association world champion title.
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Twelve residents are killed in Sebokeng when unknown gunmen fire randomly from a vehicle.
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