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Libya
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Libya becomes independent

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Afrikaans becomes the official language of the Union of South Africa
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Afrikaans becomes the official language of the Union of South Africa

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South Africa concludes an agreement with the Marconi Company for a high
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South Africa concludes an agreement with the Marconi Company for a high

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Palaeontologist Mary Leakey discovers one of the oldest hominid skulls in Tanzania
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Palaeontologist Mary Leakey discovers one of the oldest hominid skulls in Tanzania

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WWII: SA troops to fight in Europe
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WWII: SA troops to fight in Europe

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KwaDukuza

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Gandhiji and the struggle for liberation in South Africa

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Jubilee Art Centre
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Jubilee Art Centre

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Maria Groesbeek is hanged for the murder of her husband, Christian Buys
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Maria Groesbeek is hanged for the murder of her husband, Christian Buys

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Oliver Tambo returns from exile
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Oliver Tambo returns from exile

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Riots erupt in Soweto
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Riots erupt in Soweto

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Concordia
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Concordia

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Deputy Minister of Defence attends commemoration of Delville Wood
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Deputy Minister of Defence attends commemoration of Delville Wood

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Marais Steyn dies
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Marais Steyn dies

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Mac Maharaj, Laloo Chiba, Raymond Nyanda and Andrew Masondo arrive on Robben Island prison
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Mac Maharaj, Laloo Chiba, Raymond Nyanda and Andrew Masondo arrive on Robben Island prison

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Former Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF), General Jannie Geldenhuys is born in Kroonstad
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Former Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF), General Jannie Geldenhuys is born in Kroonstad

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Ismael Mahomed became first black judge appointed to the Supreme Court of South Africa
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Ismael Mahomed became first black judge appointed to the Supreme Court of South Africa

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Minister promises relaxation of apartheid rules and elimination of racial segregation in sports
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Minister promises relaxation of apartheid rules and elimination of racial segregation in sports

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Oliver Tambo meets with Mikhail Gorbachev
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ANC President Oliver Tambo meets with Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow

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Edgar D. Ngoyi, South African ANC leader who spent seventeen years on Robben Island, is born.
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Edgar D. Ngoyi, South African ANC leader who spent seventeen years on Robben Island, is born.

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Archbishop Owen Cardinal McCann becomes South Africa’s first cardinal.
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Archbishop Owen Cardinal McCann becomes South Africa’s first cardinal.

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James Filbert Sojane, sports administrator and pioneer in the taxi industry, dies
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James Filbert Sojane, sports administrator and pioneer in the taxi industry, dies

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Helen Suzman
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Helen Suzman condemns the Immorality Act in Parliament

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Rhodes asks Charter for British South Africa Company
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Rhodes asks Charter for British South Africa Company

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SACTU
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SACTU launches a national potato boycott.

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Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt is born
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Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt is born

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Dutch Foreign Minister Luns is asked by the Johannesburg
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Dutch Foreign Minister Luns is asked by the Johannesburg

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Laurie Bloomfield takes picture of rioting in Cato Manor, Durban
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Laurie Bloomfield takes picture of rioting in Cato Manor, Durban

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Zulus attack Indians in Durban
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Zulus attack Indians in Durban

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Gen. Louis Botha, soldier, statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, is born.
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Gen. Louis Botha, soldier, statesman and first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, is born.

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