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The Sultan of Egypt and his son Ashraf take Acre, the last Christian stronghold in the Holy Land.

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Sierra Leone achieves independence after more than 150 years of British rule and becomes a republic within the Commonwealth.

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Mary Eveline Fincken, singer, teacher of singing, educationist and choirmaster, is born in Hoyland, Yorkshire, England. She cam

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South Africa’s first all-race democratic elections (26-29 April) for the national assembly and provincial parliaments start.

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Peter Allan, physician, health administrator and founder of the Nelspoort Sanatorium, first tuberculosis hospital in SA, is bor

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The government for the first time allows twenty local journalists, five correspondents of international news agencies and two o

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The district of Uitenhage is formed in the eastern Cape and named after Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist.

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The government for the first time allows twenty local journalists, five correspondents of international news agencies and two o

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Foreign Minister ‘Pik’ Botha announces in Parliament that South Africa and Mozambique are to establish joint operational centre

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A pickup truck rigged with explosives rips through a crowded vegetable market in Tripoli, Libya, killing fifty-four people and

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Zimbabwe African National Union leader Robert Mugabe announces that Rhodesia’s guerrilla groups, Zanu and Zapu (the Zimbabwe Af

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Anglo-Boer War 2: General Kemp, in charge of the Lemmer, Du Toit, Liebenberg, Celliers, and Potgieter commandos (approximately

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Alan Paton, author of Cry, the Beloved Country and founder member of the Liberal Party in 1953, dies.

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C. Louis Leipoldt (66), SA author, poet, physician and connoisseur of the SA culinary art, dies in Cape Town.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Peace negotiations commence in Pretoria between delegations of the Boer Republics and General Lord Kitchener

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Shepstone proclaims Transvaal a British colony despite Boer protests and hoists the Union Jack on Church Square in Pretoria.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: General Kemp, in charge of the Lemmer, Du Toit, Liebenberg, Celliers, and Potgieter commandos (approximately

This day in history

The home match between Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, and Mauritius, ends in a tie with no goals scored.

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Hester Elizabeth Cornelius, national organiser and branch secretary of the Garment Workers’ Union, is born in Lichtenburg, Tran

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Josephine Ethel (Josie) Wood, teacher and founder of the South African Library for the Blind, dies in Grahamstown.

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The National Research Foundation (NRF) is established as autonomous body to provide services and grants to support postgraduate

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The National Research Foundation (NRF) is established as autonomous body to provide services and grants to support postgraduate

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The government imposes a one-year ban on all outdoor meetings except sports meetings and funeral gatherings in cemeteries.

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The National Union of South African Students (Nusas) and the South African National Students’ Congress (Sansco) launch a campai

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Naboth Monyadioe Moreleba Mokgatle, trade unionist, political activist and writer, is born in Saron, Phokeng, Rustenburg. He le

This day in history

A pickup truck rigged with explosives rips through a crowded vegetable market in Tripoli, Libya, killing fifty-four people and

This day in history

Zimbabwe African National Union leader Robert Mugabe announces that Rhodesia’s guerrilla groups, Zanu and Zapu (the Zimbabwe Af

This day in history

Sierra Leone’s government and the country’s rebels agree to a cease-fire to end seven years of savage fighting.

This day in history

The Sultan of Egypt and his son Ashraf take Acre, the last Christian stronghold in the Holy Land.

This day in history

Minister of National Health and Population Development Rina Venter announces the abolishment of racial segregation in state hos

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The Sultan of Egypt and his son Ashraf take Acre, the last Christian stronghold in the Holy Land.

Sierra Leone achieves independence after more than 150 years of British rule and becomes a republic within the Commonwealth.

Mary Eveline Fincken, singer, teacher of singing, educationist and choirmaster, is born in Hoyland, Yorkshire, England. She cam

South Africa’s first all-race democratic elections (26-29 April) for the national assembly and provincial parliaments start.

Peter Allan, physician, health administrator and founder of the Nelspoort Sanatorium, first tuberculosis hospital in SA, is bor

The government for the first time allows twenty local journalists, five correspondents of international news agencies and two o

The district of Uitenhage is formed in the eastern Cape and named after Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist.

The government for the first time allows twenty local journalists, five correspondents of international news agencies and two o

Foreign Minister ‘Pik’ Botha announces in Parliament that South Africa and Mozambique are to establish joint operational centre

A pickup truck rigged with explosives rips through a crowded vegetable market in Tripoli, Libya, killing fifty-four people and

Zimbabwe African National Union leader Robert Mugabe announces that Rhodesia’s guerrilla groups, Zanu and Zapu (the Zimbabwe Af

Anglo-Boer War 2: General Kemp, in charge of the Lemmer, Du Toit, Liebenberg, Celliers, and Potgieter commandos (approximately

Alan Paton, author of Cry, the Beloved Country and founder member of the Liberal Party in 1953, dies.

C. Louis Leipoldt (66), SA author, poet, physician and connoisseur of the SA culinary art, dies in Cape Town.

Anglo-Boer War 2: Peace negotiations commence in Pretoria between delegations of the Boer Republics and General Lord Kitchener

Shepstone proclaims Transvaal a British colony despite Boer protests and hoists the Union Jack on Church Square in Pretoria.

Anglo-Boer War 2: General Kemp, in charge of the Lemmer, Du Toit, Liebenberg, Celliers, and Potgieter commandos (approximately

The home match between Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, and Mauritius, ends in a tie with no goals scored.

Hester Elizabeth Cornelius, national organiser and branch secretary of the Garment Workers’ Union, is born in Lichtenburg, Tran

Josephine Ethel (Josie) Wood, teacher and founder of the South African Library for the Blind, dies in Grahamstown.

The National Research Foundation (NRF) is established as autonomous body to provide services and grants to support postgraduate

The National Research Foundation (NRF) is established as autonomous body to provide services and grants to support postgraduate

The government imposes a one-year ban on all outdoor meetings except sports meetings and funeral gatherings in cemeteries.

The National Union of South African Students (Nusas) and the South African National Students’ Congress (Sansco) launch a campai

Naboth Monyadioe Moreleba Mokgatle, trade unionist, political activist and writer, is born in Saron, Phokeng, Rustenburg. He le

A pickup truck rigged with explosives rips through a crowded vegetable market in Tripoli, Libya, killing fifty-four people and

Zimbabwe African National Union leader Robert Mugabe announces that Rhodesia’s guerrilla groups, Zanu and Zapu (the Zimbabwe Af

Sierra Leone’s government and the country’s rebels agree to a cease-fire to end seven years of savage fighting.

The Sultan of Egypt and his son Ashraf take Acre, the last Christian stronghold in the Holy Land.

Minister of National Health and Population Development Rina Venter announces the abolishment of racial segregation in state hos