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Alfred Whaley Cole (73), SA judge and author, dies in Wynberg, Cape Town.

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King Mwanga of Uganda signs a contract with East Africa Company.

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The possessions of Piet Retief and about 100 men who were murdered in February by Dingane, is auctioned.

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Hendrik Swellengrebel (60), only governor of the Cape who was born at the Cape, dies in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

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Jan van Riebeeck writes in his diary that the first two pounds of butter was churned at the Cape.

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Day of Goodwill.

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113 people are killed when a Beirut-bound Boeing 727 clips a building on the end of the runway at Cotonou, Benin and ends up in

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Thirty-five people die in a continued UNITA attack on Quito (also Kuito?), Angola.

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Nineteen people are killed in an attack on an ANC enclave in an IFP stronghold.

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SA signs agreement establishing diplomatic relations with Mauritania.

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Ten people are killed in faction fighting between residents of KwaMthole and Madwaleni.

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Helen Beatrice May Joseph, SA political and human rights activist, dies in Johannesburg. She came to SA in 1931 and, with Lilia

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Phineas ‘Mokotjo’ Leoate, Edgar Sandile Phakone, Thulani Mabaso and Ntanda Makhuba disappear, allegedly part of a group of six

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Comic Relief is launched live on BBC ONE from a refugee camp in Safawa, Sudan, in response to the African famine. As well as do

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The Six-day War between Mali and Algeria over the disputed Agacher strip starts.

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Major restoration project for the sphinx starts in Egypt.

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The Egyptian SS Patria sinks in the Red Sea. About 100 are killed.

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Aboobaker Ismail, commander of the Special Operations Committee of MK and the Dolphin Unit, is born in Johannesburg.

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Azis G.H. Pahad, SA Deputy Minister, Foreign Affairs, is born.

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There are four centuries for South Africa as they make 7-644 vs Queensland before a 6,180 crowd.

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ANC member and UDF-leader Christmas Tinto, is born in Mqanduli in the Transkei

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Mohammed Anwar Al Sadat, former president of Egypt, is born in Mit Abu al-Kum, Egypt. Date is given as 24 December by several o

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Johan Daniël (Bull) Hefer, professional wrestling promoter, is born on the farm Rusplaas, district Fauresmith, OFS.

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The Bondelswarts, a small tribe of Nama origin who settled at Warmbad, South West Africa about 1905, capitulates to the German

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Anglo-Boer War 2: During the Battle of Tweefontein, (also Groenkop or Krismiskop) General De Wet surprises British soldiers. At

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The Gereformeerde Kerk (Reformed Church) in Church Street, Pretoria, (also known as Paul Kruger church) is inaugurated.

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Sarah Eva Goldblatt, assistant of author C.J. Langenhoven, is born in London.

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Dr Petrus Stephanus Zacharias Coetzee, first assessor of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC), is born at Blaauboschfontein, Boshof

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Johannes Brill, rector of Grey College, is born in Zutphen, the Netherlands. He was the first linguist to argue that Afrikaans

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Sir Henry George Elliot, chief landdros of the Transkei after whom the town Elliot was named, is born in Canada.

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Alfred Whaley Cole (73), SA judge and author, dies in Wynberg, Cape Town.

King Mwanga of Uganda signs a contract with East Africa Company.

The possessions of Piet Retief and about 100 men who were murdered in February by Dingane, is auctioned.

Hendrik Swellengrebel (60), only governor of the Cape who was born at the Cape, dies in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Jan van Riebeeck writes in his diary that the first two pounds of butter was churned at the Cape.

Day of Goodwill.

113 people are killed when a Beirut-bound Boeing 727 clips a building on the end of the runway at Cotonou, Benin and ends up in

Thirty-five people die in a continued UNITA attack on Quito (also Kuito?), Angola.

Nineteen people are killed in an attack on an ANC enclave in an IFP stronghold.

SA signs agreement establishing diplomatic relations with Mauritania.

Ten people are killed in faction fighting between residents of KwaMthole and Madwaleni.

Helen Beatrice May Joseph, SA political and human rights activist, dies in Johannesburg. She came to SA in 1931 and, with Lilia

Phineas ‘Mokotjo’ Leoate, Edgar Sandile Phakone, Thulani Mabaso and Ntanda Makhuba disappear, allegedly part of a group of six

Comic Relief is launched live on BBC ONE from a refugee camp in Safawa, Sudan, in response to the African famine. As well as do

The Six-day War between Mali and Algeria over the disputed Agacher strip starts.

Major restoration project for the sphinx starts in Egypt.

The Egyptian SS Patria sinks in the Red Sea. About 100 are killed.

Aboobaker Ismail, commander of the Special Operations Committee of MK and the Dolphin Unit, is born in Johannesburg.

Azis G.H. Pahad, SA Deputy Minister, Foreign Affairs, is born.

There are four centuries for South Africa as they make 7-644 vs Queensland before a 6,180 crowd.

ANC member and UDF-leader Christmas Tinto, is born in Mqanduli in the Transkei

Mohammed Anwar Al Sadat, former president of Egypt, is born in Mit Abu al-Kum, Egypt. Date is given as 24 December by several o

Johan Daniël (Bull) Hefer, professional wrestling promoter, is born on the farm Rusplaas, district Fauresmith, OFS.

The Bondelswarts, a small tribe of Nama origin who settled at Warmbad, South West Africa about 1905, capitulates to the German

Anglo-Boer War 2: During the Battle of Tweefontein, (also Groenkop or Krismiskop) General De Wet surprises British soldiers. At

The Gereformeerde Kerk (Reformed Church) in Church Street, Pretoria, (also known as Paul Kruger church) is inaugurated.

Sarah Eva Goldblatt, assistant of author C.J. Langenhoven, is born in London.

Dr Petrus Stephanus Zacharias Coetzee, first assessor of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC), is born at Blaauboschfontein, Boshof

Johannes Brill, rector of Grey College, is born in Zutphen, the Netherlands. He was the first linguist to argue that Afrikaans

Sir Henry George Elliot, chief landdros of the Transkei after whom the town Elliot was named, is born in Canada.