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Chief Leabua Jonathan, leader of the Basutoland National Party, which is to form the Protectorate’s first government, tells pol

This day in history

Soviet premier Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev arrives in the United Arab Republic to meet with Egyptian premier Gamal Abdel Nass

This day in history

R.H. Strachan is found guilty of conspiring to cause bomb explosions and is sentenced to three years’ imprisonment.

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Following the arrest of Jomo Kenyatta and over a thousand Mau Mau suspects the previous month, the Mau Mau carry out their bigg

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Mario Constant Sickle, S.A sculptor, is born in Cape Town.

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Gen. Douglas MacArthur is appointed commander of the United Nations (UN) forces in Korea, including South Africans.

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WWII: Final Allied Offensive, Tunisia. Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet launches Op

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The Cape Corps, consisting of Cape Coloured men, is reformed under Col. C.N. Hoy.

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Nelie Smith, SA rugby captain, is born.

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Prof. Sibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel Bengu, SA ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany and former SA Minister of Education

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Afrikaans becomes one of the official languages of the Union of South Africa following the introduction and passing of a bill b

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US Marines land at Tangier, Morocco, to provide protection to the Belgian Legation.

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Israel Isaac (Lippy) Lipshitz, SA sculptor is born in Plungian, Lithuania. His father emigrated to SA in 1904 and was joined

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A combined force of British soldiers and armed Blacks attempts to surround General C.H. Muller’s commando, commanded in his abs

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Inhabitants of the Congo are prohibited to collect ivory and rubber, unless for the state.

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James Read, controversial missionary of the London Mission Society, dies at Elands Post.

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David George Anosi (77), businessman, dies in Cape Town.

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World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day.

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Ms Stella Sigcau, Xhosa princess, third premier of Transkei for three months and minister of Public Works, dies of heart failur

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Former President Nelson Mandela invites the Protea cricket team to his Houghton home to congratulate them on their excellent pe

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Rebels in Sierra Leone use civilians as shields while fighting UN forces.

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SA rugby is plunged into a crisis because Louis Luyt refuses to resign as president of the South African Rugby Football Union.

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Mobutu Sese Seko, Zaire’s 66-year old dictator flies to Gabon to attend a regional leaders’ meeting, denying that he was fleein

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Former Defence Minister Magnus Malan takes full responsibility for secret apartheid raids into neighbouring countries but says

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F.W. de Klerk disbands the NP task team, headed by Roelf Meyer,

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Only a few hours before the expiry of the deadline for the production of the final document, and after a period of intense nego

This day in history

Legislators in Johannesburg take oaths of office and Blacks and Whites sit down together for the first time to govern South Afr

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Chief Leabua Jonathan, leader of the Basutoland National Party, which is to form the Protectorate’s first government, tells pol

Soviet premier Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev arrives in the United Arab Republic to meet with Egyptian premier Gamal Abdel Nass

R.H. Strachan is found guilty of conspiring to cause bomb explosions and is sentenced to three years’ imprisonment.

Following the arrest of Jomo Kenyatta and over a thousand Mau Mau suspects the previous month, the Mau Mau carry out their bigg

Mario Constant Sickle, S.A sculptor, is born in Cape Town.

Gen. Douglas MacArthur is appointed commander of the United Nations (UN) forces in Korea, including South Africans.

WWII: Final Allied Offensive, Tunisia. Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet launches Op

The Cape Corps, consisting of Cape Coloured men, is reformed under Col. C.N. Hoy.

Nelie Smith, SA rugby captain, is born.

Prof. Sibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel Bengu, SA ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany and former SA Minister of Education

Afrikaans becomes one of the official languages of the Union of South Africa following the introduction and passing of a bill b

US Marines land at Tangier, Morocco, to provide protection to the Belgian Legation.

Israel Isaac (Lippy) Lipshitz, SA sculptor is born in Plungian, Lithuania. His father emigrated to SA in 1904 and was joined

A combined force of British soldiers and armed Blacks attempts to surround General C.H. Muller’s commando, commanded in his abs

Inhabitants of the Congo are prohibited to collect ivory and rubber, unless for the state.

Tielman Roos, politician and cabinet minister, is born in Cape Town.

John Thomas Baines (54), SA painter, dies in Durban.

William Archer Way, SA educationist, is born in Devon, England.

James Read, controversial missionary of the London Mission Society, dies at Elands Post.

David George Anosi (77), businessman, dies in Cape Town.

World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day.

Ms Stella Sigcau, Xhosa princess, third premier of Transkei for three months and minister of Public Works, dies of heart failur

Former President Nelson Mandela invites the Protea cricket team to his Houghton home to congratulate them on their excellent pe

Rebels in Sierra Leone use civilians as shields while fighting UN forces.

SA rugby is plunged into a crisis because Louis Luyt refuses to resign as president of the South African Rugby Football Union.

Mobutu Sese Seko, Zaire’s 66-year old dictator flies to Gabon to attend a regional leaders’ meeting, denying that he was fleein

Former Defence Minister Magnus Malan takes full responsibility for secret apartheid raids into neighbouring countries but says

F.W. de Klerk disbands the NP task team, headed by Roelf Meyer,

Only a few hours before the expiry of the deadline for the production of the final document, and after a period of intense nego

Legislators in Johannesburg take oaths of office and Blacks and Whites sit down together for the first time to govern South Afr