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The Saracens under Amrou conquers Alexandria, having invaded Egypt two years earlier.

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The Sudanese government and rebel group Sudan People’s Liberation Army reach a tentative deal to evenly divide the country’s oi

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Nigeria’s deputy head of state, Lieut. Gen. Oladipo Diya, and eleven others are arrested and accused of plotting to overthrow G

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In the worst disaster on the accident-prone Egyptian railways in more than fifteen years, 75 people are killed and 76 injured w

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Participants in CODESA decide to set up five working groups, which are to report to a second CODESA plenary session before the

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A Black candidate, Haile Mphushu, qualifies as mine manager for the first time in South Africa, after the repeal of the law se

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Vincent Mahlalela disappears, allegedly escaped from gaol.

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At the conclusion of a forty-four day inquest into the death in detention of the White trade union leader, Dr. Neil Aggett, the

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Peace agreement signed, ending seven-year Rhodesian guerrilla war and 15-year rebellion against the British crown.

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The lengthy trial of nine Black nationalist student leaders ends. They are found guilty under the Terrorism Act and sentenced t

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Madagascar adopts its constitution.

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Anton de Waal (George Charles Gunn) (67), Afrikaans song-writer, dies.

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The first peace conference with Israel and her Arab neighbours opens in Geneva. Jordan, Israel, Egypt, the United States, the S

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A three-month campaign to register Coloured voters ends with only approximately half of the total of 700,000 qualified voters r

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Louis Washkansky (53), first heart transplant patient in the world, dies in Cape Town, eighteen days after receiving the heart

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SA signs treaty with Great Britain on the supply of military equipment to South Africa.

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Dr Verwoerd intimates that the government proposes to introduces legislation providing for the extension of the territorial sea

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The International Court of Justice at The Hague rules, by the narrow majority of eight votes to seven, that it has jurisdiction

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Moïse Kapenda Tshombe agrees to a unification of the Congo.

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As result of investigations into the Port Elizabeth explosions, Security Police arrest and charge Robert H. Strachan with causi

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Sydney Carter, SA painter known for his landscape paintings, dies in President Brand Park, district of Harrismith, OFS.

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2,800 African miners strike at the Van Rhyn Deep mines in a bid to redress some of their grievances.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The inaugural meeting of the Burgher Peace Committee is held in Pretoria. Lord Kitchener discusses his concen

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Marjorie (Margaretha) Emma McKerron (née Martinius), educationist, is born in Clanwilliam, Western Cape. She was one of

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Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence) -Government of the ZAR declares Martial Law.

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The Rev. John Browlee (80), founder of King William’s Town, dies in the town.

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Sir Patrick Duncan, lieutenant-governor of the Cape, is born in Fortrie, Aberdeenshire.

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Egyptian forces rout Turkish army at Battle of Konieh.

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Bishop Thomas Grimley, SA educationist, is born in Dublin, Ireland.

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Robert Moffat, London Missionary Society missionary at Kuruman and father-in-law of David Livingstone, is born in Ormiston, Sco

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The Saracens under Amrou conquers Alexandria, having invaded Egypt two years earlier.

The Sudanese government and rebel group Sudan People’s Liberation Army reach a tentative deal to evenly divide the country’s oi

Nigeria’s deputy head of state, Lieut. Gen. Oladipo Diya, and eleven others are arrested and accused of plotting to overthrow G

In the worst disaster on the accident-prone Egyptian railways in more than fifteen years, 75 people are killed and 76 injured w

Participants in CODESA decide to set up five working groups, which are to report to a second CODESA plenary session before the

A Black candidate, Haile Mphushu, qualifies as mine manager for the first time in South Africa, after the repeal of the law se

Vincent Mahlalela disappears, allegedly escaped from gaol.

At the conclusion of a forty-four day inquest into the death in detention of the White trade union leader, Dr. Neil Aggett, the

Peace agreement signed, ending seven-year Rhodesian guerrilla war and 15-year rebellion against the British crown.

The lengthy trial of nine Black nationalist student leaders ends. They are found guilty under the Terrorism Act and sentenced t

Madagascar adopts its constitution.

Anton de Waal (George Charles Gunn) (67), Afrikaans song-writer, dies.

The first peace conference with Israel and her Arab neighbours opens in Geneva. Jordan, Israel, Egypt, the United States, the S

A three-month campaign to register Coloured voters ends with only approximately half of the total of 700,000 qualified voters r

Louis Washkansky (53), first heart transplant patient in the world, dies in Cape Town, eighteen days after receiving the heart

SA signs treaty with Great Britain on the supply of military equipment to South Africa.

Dr Verwoerd intimates that the government proposes to introduces legislation providing for the extension of the territorial sea

The International Court of Justice at The Hague rules, by the narrow majority of eight votes to seven, that it has jurisdiction

Moïse Kapenda Tshombe agrees to a unification of the Congo.

As result of investigations into the Port Elizabeth explosions, Security Police arrest and charge Robert H. Strachan with causi

Sydney Carter, SA painter known for his landscape paintings, dies in President Brand Park, district of Harrismith, OFS.

2,800 African miners strike at the Van Rhyn Deep mines in a bid to redress some of their grievances.

Anglo-Boer War 2: The inaugural meeting of the Burgher Peace Committee is held in Pretoria. Lord Kitchener discusses his concen

Marjorie (Margaretha) Emma McKerron (née Martinius), educationist, is born in Clanwilliam, Western Cape. She was one of

Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence) -Government of the ZAR declares Martial Law.

The Rev. John Browlee (80), founder of King William’s Town, dies in the town.

Sir Patrick Duncan, lieutenant-governor of the Cape, is born in Fortrie, Aberdeenshire.

Egyptian forces rout Turkish army at Battle of Konieh.

Bishop Thomas Grimley, SA educationist, is born in Dublin, Ireland.

Robert Moffat, London Missionary Society missionary at Kuruman and father-in-law of David Livingstone, is born in Ormiston, Sco