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Christiaan Neethling Barnard, medical pioneer who performed the first heart transplant, dies of an acute asthma attack in his h
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An earthquake, measuring 6,5 on the Richter scale, hits Tulbach, Ceres and Wolseley, killing eleven people, leaving 1 000 homel
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An earthquake, measuring 6,5 on the Richter scale, hits Tulbach, Ceres and Wolseley, killing eleven people, leaving 1 000 homel
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WWII: The Active Citizen Force units of SA are authorised to accept volunteers for the duration of the war.
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Brian Mitchell, SA junior lightweight champion, wins the World Boxing Association (WBA) title by beating Alfredo Layne of Panam
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Brian Brooke, founder of the first professional English theatrical company in SA, is born in Sabie, eastern Transvaal (Mpumalan
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Hester Henriette Grove, born Venter, SA author and dramatist, is born in the Potchefstroom district, western Transvaal. She was
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Mangosuthu Buthelezi, home affairs minister and president of the IFP interrupts a live studio broadcast of an interview with Pr
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The SA rugby team beats the British Isles 22-8 in Port Elizabeth and shares the series with two each.
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Armed men raid an Algerian village, shooting or stabbing to death at least 200 people and wounding 100 others.
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Egypt’s President Anwar Sadat returns home to a hero’s welcome after Camp David summit resulting in an agreement on a framework
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Twelve people die in a collision between an Inter Cape bus and a truck near Prince Albert Road in the Karoo.
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Masibulela Hawk Makepula, SA junior flyweight, wins the world champion title of the World Boxing Union in that category.
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The Goldstone Commission of Inquiry issues an Interim report on hostels, in which it recommends that those hostels associated w
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Yasmin Jessie Duarte, SA High Commissioner to Mozambique and previous Special Assistant to President Mandela in 1990, is born i
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War is barely averted when a British expedition to establish a route through Africa reaches an obscure Sudanese fort and finds
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The Prime Minister and Chief Kaiser Matanzima sign a total of sixty-five documents concerning the establishment of an independe
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The match between the rugby teams of SA and New Zealand ends in a draw with no points being scored.
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Joseph Chamberlain, British colonial secretary who played an important role in Britain’s decisions on South Africa and other Br
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Exchange of notes with Italy constituting an agreement regarding the establishment of a community centre for refugees in the Tr
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Exchange of notes with Italy constituting an agreement regarding the establishment of a community centre for refugees in the Tr
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An explosion at the Railway Police Offices, corner of Plein and Harrison streets, Johannesburg, takes place, injuring four poli
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An explosion at the Railway Police Offices, corner of Plein and Harrison streets, Johannesburg, takes place, injuring four poli
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Anglo-Boer War 2. The British Colonial Office appoints a Ladies Commission to investigate the concentration camps in SA. The co
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Three commandos under the newly appointed Combat General Viljoen, attack about 4 650 British soldiers with twenty field guns an
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The Lesotho Foreign Ministry appeals for international help to stop South Africa applying an economic squeeze designed to force
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Athlete Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (800m) leads the SA team at the spectacular opening of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
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The third rugby test of the series between SA and New Zealand ends in a tie with 11 points each.
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Anglo-Boer War 2. The British Colonial Office appoints a Ladies Commission to investigate the concentration camps in SA. The co
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