SAHO global search
63,722 records
Event
A coup attempt fails in African nation of Chad. The government accuses Egypt of playing role in the attempt and breaks diplomat
Event
Israeli commando force penetrates deep into Egyptian territory to stage mortar attack on regional army headquarters in Nile Val
Event
Dr Christiaan Barnard successfully implants artificial arteries for the first time.
Event
Basil D’Oliveira, cricket player in England, is omitted from the MCC team, which is to tour SA, because he is not white.
Event
Gerald Edward (Boysie) Bond (56), SA cricket player in one test (1938-1939), dies in Cape Town.
Event
Sello Moloto, Premier of Limpopo Province since 22 April 2004, is born.
Event
W. E. B. Du Bois (95), writer, Pan-Africanist activist and founder of the NAACP, dies in Accra, Ghana.
Event
The Johannesburg City Theatre opens with The Tales of Hoffman, by Offenbach, performed in Afrikaans.
Event
The SA rugby team wins the last test against New Zealand 8-3, thereby winning the series 2-1.
Event
The US announces acceptance of a South African offer to send a fighter squadron to Korea.
Event
The Rev. J.F. Naudé (75), DRC minister and one of six delegates who voted against the signing of the peace agreement in
Event
Mohamed Hajee Joosub, pioneer wholesaler, trader, philanthropist and devout Muslim, dies in Pretoria. He was born in Ranavav, I
Event
Egypt and Britain sign a treaty providing for withdrawal of British forces except in the Suez Canal area.
Event
Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, leader of the IFP and former minister home affairs, is born.
Event
The SA rugby team beats New Zealand 9-5 in Auckland.
Event
Gen. Louis Botha, soldier and statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, dies in Pretoria.
Event
Alina Molebogeng Nancy Lekgetha, nurse actively involved in improving health services in rural communities, is born in Thaba ‘N
Event
World War 1: German Togo is occupied by British and French troops.
Event
The SA rugby team loses the second test against the British Isles 3-8 in Port Elizabeth.
Event
Mother Teresa [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], Albanian-born missionary dedicated to the care of the poor and sick, particularly in Ind
Event
Anglo-Boer War 2: John Tengo Jabavu’s newspaper, Imvo Zabantsundu, is banned under martial law regulations, only to appear agai
Event
Lord Milner arrives back in Cape Town and the Cape Ministry produces a list of complaints to substantiate their opinion that th
Event
Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Bergendal or Dalmanutha on the Rand takes place, with the Republican forces falling back at nig
Event
Major Theodor Leutwein, with reinforcements from Germany, defeats the Nama chief Hendrik Witbooi in German South-West Africa, a
Event
Gen. Daniël (Dan) Pienaar, known for his fighting technique during WW2, is born near Ladybrand, OFS.
Event
The Jane, 256 ton, sailing from Port Elizabeth to India, is stranded near Matjies River.
Event
Josef Johannes (Jopie) Fourie, scout and dispatch rider during the Anglo-Boer War 2, and rebel leader during the 1914 Rebellion
Event
Jacobus Nicolaas Boshof, second president of the Orange Free State, is inaugurated.
Event
Dr John Philip, controversial missionary of the London Missionary Society, dies in Hankey, eastern Cape.
Event