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Drunken British soldiers desecrate and destroy the “Taalmonument” in Burgersdorp, erected to commemorate legislation passed in

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Anna Johanna Dorothea de Villiers, lexicographer, educationist and author, is born on the farm Saxenburg, near Kuils River, Ste

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Giuseppe Verdi’s magnificent opera, Aida, has its world premier in Cairo, Egypt. The composer was commissioned to write the op

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The name of the town Victoria in the Karoo is changed to Victoria West.

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Carl Gottlieb Büttner, Rhenish missionary, philologist and negotiator in German South West Africa, is born in K&ouml;nigsberg,

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Pieter Johannes (Piet) Potgieter, second son and sixth child of Andries Hendrik Potgieter and in 1853 elected chief commandant

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The three ships, Drommedaris, Reijger and Goede Hoop, carrying Jan van Riebeeck and his party, leave Texel, the Netherlands, on

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Vasco da Gama, Portuguese discoverer who discovered a sea route from Europe to Asia around Africa, dies on his final voyage to

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Twenty-three people die in a crash between an overloaded bus and a lorry near Matjiesfontein, Karoo.

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The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, to which SA is a party, is signed in Montego Bay.

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SA’s new constitution is enacted by parliament, signalling the end of apartheid and the birth of the new South Africa.

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Gladstone Sewela, former Mandela United Football Club member, is found near Zeerust hanging from a tree the day of his release

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The Star reports that according to the Advisory Group on AIDS in SA, a total of 191 cases of AIDS have been diagnosed by mid-De

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Ryan Byisile Mapisa of Duncan Village disappears after being dragged into a car at his home by five men who identify themselves

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Six people are killed in a bomb explosion outside a bar in Durban.

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South African and Mozambican delegations hold talks in Mbabane, concerning peaceful co-existence.

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Four Black newspapers, Post Transvaal, Saturday Post, Sunday Post and the Sowetan, are banned on a technicality on the same day

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A French Caravelle crashes in Morocco. 106 people are killed.

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It is announced in Pretoria that Dr. Carel de Wet, M.P. for Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal and grandson of General C.R. de Wet, a le

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SA signs treaty on extradition (Northern Rhodesia) with Great Britain.

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SA signs treaty with Southern Rhodesia on the continuation of the extradition agreement of 19 November 1962.

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President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, a leading exponent of Pan-Africanism, orders the release of the last of his political prisone

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Zindziswa (Zindzi) Mandela, second daughter of Winnie and , is born.

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Zondi Chipa, SA artist, is born in Pretoria.

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Dorothy Ruth Boxall, music teacher and lecturer, writer and organiser of orchestral activities for the youth, dies in Johannesb

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At Botha, SA artist, is born.

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General Montgomery, commander of the Allied forces in North Africa, is advised that he will be appointed commandant for D-day.

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SA experiences a monetary crisis as a result of the heavy drain of gold from the country.

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Prof. Raymond Dart removes the last piece of stone from the skull of the Taung child, six weeks after starting on the project.

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James Middleton, SA cricket player (1895-1903), dies.

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Drunken British soldiers desecrate and destroy the “Taalmonument” in Burgersdorp, erected to commemorate legislation passed in

Anna Johanna Dorothea de Villiers, lexicographer, educationist and author, is born on the farm Saxenburg, near Kuils River, Ste

Giuseppe Verdi’s magnificent opera, Aida, has its world premier in Cairo, Egypt. The composer was commissioned to write the op

The name of the town Victoria in the Karoo is changed to Victoria West.

Carl Gottlieb Büttner, Rhenish missionary, philologist and negotiator in German South West Africa, is born in K&amp;ouml;nigsberg,

Pieter Johannes (Piet) Potgieter, second son and sixth child of Andries Hendrik Potgieter and in 1853 elected chief commandant

The three ships, Drommedaris, Reijger and Goede Hoop, carrying Jan van Riebeeck and his party, leave Texel, the Netherlands, on

Vasco da Gama, Portuguese discoverer who discovered a sea route from Europe to Asia around Africa, dies on his final voyage to

Twenty-three people die in a crash between an overloaded bus and a lorry near Matjiesfontein, Karoo.

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, to which SA is a party, is signed in Montego Bay.

SA’s new constitution is enacted by parliament, signalling the end of apartheid and the birth of the new South Africa.

Gladstone Sewela, former Mandela United Football Club member, is found near Zeerust hanging from a tree the day of his release

The Star reports that according to the Advisory Group on AIDS in SA, a total of 191 cases of AIDS have been diagnosed by mid-De

Ryan Byisile Mapisa of Duncan Village disappears after being dragged into a car at his home by five men who identify themselves

Six people are killed in a bomb explosion outside a bar in Durban.

South African and Mozambican delegations hold talks in Mbabane, concerning peaceful co-existence.

Four Black newspapers, Post Transvaal, Saturday Post, Sunday Post and the Sowetan, are banned on a technicality on the same day

A French Caravelle crashes in Morocco. 106 people are killed.

It is announced in Pretoria that Dr. Carel de Wet, M.P. for Vanderbijlpark, Transvaal and grandson of General C.R. de Wet, a le

SA signs treaty on extradition (Northern Rhodesia) with Great Britain.

SA signs treaty with Southern Rhodesia on the continuation of the extradition agreement of 19 November 1962.

President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, a leading exponent of Pan-Africanism, orders the release of the last of his political prisone

Zindziswa (Zindzi) Mandela, second daughter of Winnie and , is born.

Zondi Chipa, SA artist, is born in Pretoria.

Dorothy Ruth Boxall, music teacher and lecturer, writer and organiser of orchestral activities for the youth, dies in Johannesb

At Botha, SA artist, is born.

General Montgomery, commander of the Allied forces in North Africa, is advised that he will be appointed commandant for D-day.

SA experiences a monetary crisis as a result of the heavy drain of gold from the country.

Prof. Raymond Dart removes the last piece of stone from the skull of the Taung child, six weeks after starting on the project.

James Middleton, SA cricket player (1895-1903), dies.

Carl Gottlieb Büttner, Rhenish missionary, philologist and negotiator in German South West Africa, is born in Königsberg,