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A military court in Cairo sentences seven of forty-nine Islamic militants to death for attacks against tourists.

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Conservative Party leader, Dr Andries Treurnicht, dies in Cape Town.

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Nigeria’s ruling generals crushed a six-hour rebellion by junior officers.

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Mr Nelson Mandela visits his family home at Qunu, 30km from Umtata and addresses a rally of 50 000 people in Umtata, sharing a

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The Star reports that Gordon Webster, an alleged ANC insurgent, was found guilty of the murder of a policeman and the attempted

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Business Day reports that two Ciskei security policemen were killed and one injured in April in a shootout near Alice, Ciskei,

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Britain breaks off diplomatic relations with Libya and orders all Libyan embassy staff to leave within seven days.

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Thirteen leading officials of the ousted government in Liberia are publicly executed on the orders of the new military regime.

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Jannie de Beer, Springbok rugby flank forward who kicked remarkably well during the1999 Rugby World Cup quarterfinals, is born.

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The prime minister announces a new sport policy in which he distinguishes between multiracial sport and multinational sport. Mu

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French army rebels seize Algiers.

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1,575 people are now being detained under South Africa’s state of emergency.

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The ‘Eerste Nasionale Teeen Koffiefabrieke’ (First National Teaand Coffee Factories), the first public companies owned by Afrik

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Allied forces take Bologna in Italy during World War II. Thousands of South Africans fought in Italy.

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Arthur Wellesley Briscoe (30), SA cricket player in three test matches, is killed in Ethiopia during World War II.

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World War II: Tripoli is under bombardment by British warships.

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Sathyandranath Ragunanan (Mac) Maharaj, political activist and former SA Minister of Transport, is born in Newcastle, Natal. He

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The treaty of friendship between Egypt and Iraq, first pact between Egypt and another Arab state, is signed.

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Daniël F. du Toit, (’oom Lokomotief’) (77), founder member of the ‘Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners’ and editor of ‘Die Afrikaa

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Eghard van der Hoven, SA actor and arts director, is born.

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At least twenty-eight people die when a train from Port Alfred plunges from the Blaauwkrantz bridge in the Eastern Cape.

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Marius Philip Olivier Burgers, one of the first full-time broadcasters of the ‘Suid-Afrikaanse Uitsaaikorporasie’ (Afrikaans st

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Abraham Jonker, Afrikaans novelist, is born in the district of Boshof, Orange Free State.

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A new Sultan of Morocco, Muldi Mohammed, is installed.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The British Secretary for War, St. John Broderick, tells the House of Commons that every effort is being made

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Martha Helena Cillié, teacher and headmistress whose greatest achievement was her contribution to the education of girls

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The three villages clustered about the mouth of the Buffalo: East London West Bank; East London East Bank, and Panmure, are mer

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The South Atlantic island St. Helena becomes a British crown colony.

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Ndlambe, regent of the AmaRarabe, influenced by his sangoma Makana (Nxele, also known as Links) attacks Grahamstown in broad da

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Frene Noshir Ginwala, former speaker of the SA Parliament, is born

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A military court in Cairo sentences seven of forty-nine Islamic militants to death for attacks against tourists.

Conservative Party leader, Dr Andries Treurnicht, dies in Cape Town.

Nigeria’s ruling generals crushed a six-hour rebellion by junior officers.

Mr Nelson Mandela visits his family home at Qunu, 30km from Umtata and addresses a rally of 50 000 people in Umtata, sharing a

The Star reports that Gordon Webster, an alleged ANC insurgent, was found guilty of the murder of a policeman and the attempted

Business Day reports that two Ciskei security policemen were killed and one injured in April in a shootout near Alice, Ciskei,

Britain breaks off diplomatic relations with Libya and orders all Libyan embassy staff to leave within seven days.

Thirteen leading officials of the ousted government in Liberia are publicly executed on the orders of the new military regime.

Jannie de Beer, Springbok rugby flank forward who kicked remarkably well during the1999 Rugby World Cup quarterfinals, is born.

The prime minister announces a new sport policy in which he distinguishes between multiracial sport and multinational sport. Mu

French army rebels seize Algiers.

1,575 people are now being detained under South Africa’s state of emergency.

The ‘Eerste Nasionale Teeen Koffiefabrieke’ (First National Teaand Coffee Factories), the first public companies owned by Afrik

Allied forces take Bologna in Italy during World War II. Thousands of South Africans fought in Italy.

Arthur Wellesley Briscoe (30), SA cricket player in three test matches, is killed in Ethiopia during World War II.

World War II: Tripoli is under bombardment by British warships.

Sathyandranath Ragunanan (Mac) Maharaj, political activist and former SA Minister of Transport, is born in Newcastle, Natal. He

The treaty of friendship between Egypt and Iraq, first pact between Egypt and another Arab state, is signed.

Daniël F. du Toit, (’oom Lokomotief’) (77), founder member of the ‘Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners’ and editor of ‘Die Afrikaa

Eghard van der Hoven, SA actor and arts director, is born.

At least twenty-eight people die when a train from Port Alfred plunges from the Blaauwkrantz bridge in the Eastern Cape.

Marius Philip Olivier Burgers, one of the first full-time broadcasters of the ‘Suid-Afrikaanse Uitsaaikorporasie’ (Afrikaans st

Abraham Jonker, Afrikaans novelist, is born in the district of Boshof, Orange Free State.

A new Sultan of Morocco, Muldi Mohammed, is installed.

Anglo-Boer War 2: The British Secretary for War, St. John Broderick, tells the House of Commons that every effort is being made

Martha Helena Cillié, teacher and headmistress whose greatest achievement was her contribution to the education of girls

The three villages clustered about the mouth of the Buffalo: East London West Bank; East London East Bank, and Panmure, are mer

The South Atlantic island St. Helena becomes a British crown colony.

Ndlambe, regent of the AmaRarabe, influenced by his sangoma Makana (Nxele, also known as Links) attacks Grahamstown in broad da

Frene Noshir Ginwala, former speaker of the SA Parliament, is born