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Alleged date of death of Makana by drowning while trying to escape from Robben Island, where he was imprisoned. He struggled

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Johann Gotfried Mocke, field-cornet and Voortrekker commandant, is born in Graaff-Reinet district.

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Vasco Da Gama gives the name Terra do Natal to the coast around the Kei River. The name was later extended to cover the coast u

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Bartolomeu Dias enters the wide bay now known as Lüderitz Bay after sailing for three weeks along the arid Namib coast of Sout

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Christian Church chooses this day to observe the birth of Christ.

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Christmas Day.

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The Security Police detain the president and six executive members of the recently formed Congress of South African Students (C

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Four people are killed in a pipe bomb explosion in a busy shopping centre in Worcester, Western Cape.

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A female coelacanth, containing twenty-six near-term embryos, is caught off Pebane, Mozambique.

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Charles Taylor enters Liberia to unseat President Samuel K. Doe.

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Gazankulu: Social Pensions Amendment Act No 7 commences.

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Ex-Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa of the Central African Republic, CAR, is sentenced to death while in exile in France.

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The Security Police detain the president and six executive members of the recently formed Congress of South African Students

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Jean Max Friedrich (Johan) Welz, painter and architect who emigrated to SA in 1937, dies in Cape Town.

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SA signs agreement with Botswana relating to the establishment of a Botswana government labour representative in South Africa.

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The Minister of Bantu Administration and Development leaves Malawi after a four-day visit during which cooperation between nati

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Gary Muller, SA tennis player, is born.

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Macassar Beach on False Bay, district Wynberg, is proclaimed a Coloured group area by the Group Areas Board.

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Guy Pierre Du Toit, S.A. sculptor, is born in Rustenburg, Transvaal.

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British run Tripolitania and Cyrenaica join with French administered Fezzan to form the newly independent Libya.

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Libya declares its independence as a constitutional and hereditary monarchy under King Idris I. It is the first country to achi

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In a South Africa vs Queensland cricket match, Don Bradman scores 233 runs in 191 minutes for Queensland. It includes 28 fours

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Richard John Maponya, leading race-horse breeder and businessperson, is born in Pietersburg (Polokwane), Northern Transvaal (no

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Wilton Z. Mkwayi, South African ANC activist and former Robben Island prisoner, is born near Middledrift in the Ciskei.

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Anwar Al Sadat, president of Egypt (1970-81), is born in Mit Abu al-Kum, forty miles north of Cairo. He achieved peace with Isr

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German South West Africa abolishes slavery of young children.

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Jean van der Poel, eminent historian and teacher who researched on the life of General Smuts, is born in Cape Town.

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Alleged date of death of Makana by drowning while trying to escape from Robben Island, where he was imprisoned. He struggled

Johann Gotfried Mocke, field-cornet and Voortrekker commandant, is born in Graaff-Reinet district.

Vasco Da Gama gives the name Terra do Natal to the coast around the Kei River. The name was later extended to cover the coast u

Bartolomeu Dias enters the wide bay now known as Lüderitz Bay after sailing for three weeks along the arid Namib coast of Sout

Christian Church chooses this day to observe the birth of Christ.

Christmas Day.

The Security Police detain the president and six executive members of the recently formed Congress of South African Students (C

Four people are killed in a pipe bomb explosion in a busy shopping centre in Worcester, Western Cape.

A female coelacanth, containing twenty-six near-term embryos, is caught off Pebane, Mozambique.

Charles Taylor enters Liberia to unseat President Samuel K. Doe.

Gazankulu: Social Pensions Amendment Act No 7 commences.

Ex-Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa of the Central African Republic, CAR, is sentenced to death while in exile in France.

The Security Police detain the president and six executive members of the recently formed Congress of South African Students

Jean Max Friedrich (Johan) Welz, painter and architect who emigrated to SA in 1937, dies in Cape Town.

SA signs agreement with Botswana relating to the establishment of a Botswana government labour representative in South Africa.

The Minister of Bantu Administration and Development leaves Malawi after a four-day visit during which cooperation between nati

Gary Muller, SA tennis player, is born.

Macassar Beach on False Bay, district Wynberg, is proclaimed a Coloured group area by the Group Areas Board.

Guy Pierre Du Toit, S.A. sculptor, is born in Rustenburg, Transvaal.

British run Tripolitania and Cyrenaica join with French administered Fezzan to form the newly independent Libya.

Libya declares its independence as a constitutional and hereditary monarchy under King Idris I. It is the first country to achi

In a South Africa vs Queensland cricket match, Don Bradman scores 233 runs in 191 minutes for Queensland. It includes 28 fours

Grimmett takes 9-180 for South Africa as Queensland make 430.

At Kommetjie, near Cape Town, 103 whales are washed ashore.

Ronald Draper, cricketer (South African batsman vs Australia 1949-50), is born.

Richard John Maponya, leading race-horse breeder and businessperson, is born in Pietersburg (Polokwane), Northern Transvaal (no

Wilton Z. Mkwayi, South African ANC activist and former Robben Island prisoner, is born near Middledrift in the Ciskei.

Anwar Al Sadat, president of Egypt (1970-81), is born in Mit Abu al-Kum, forty miles north of Cairo. He achieved peace with Isr

German South West Africa abolishes slavery of young children.

Jean van der Poel, eminent historian and teacher who researched on the life of General Smuts, is born in Cape Town.