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The first Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field is signe

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Jack van der Schyff misses a goal kick and the SA rugby team loses 22-23 against the British Lions on Ellis Park field.

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In a Tri-Nation test match the SA rugby team comes back from 5-25 and beats New Zealand 24-23 on King’s Park, Durban.

”Questions Affecting the Natives and Coloured People Resident in British South Africa”. Statement by the Executive of the South African Native Congress, 1903 [?]

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The SA cricket team loses the fourth test against England on Trent Bridge with 8 wickets. One test remains to be played and bot

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Anglo-Boer War 2: General Piet de Wet, brother of Chief Commandant C.R. de Wet, and his staff lay down their arms at Kroonstad.

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Gen. Manie (Salomon Gerhardus) Maritz, member of the Danie Theron scout corps in the Anglo-Boer War 2 and one of the leaders of

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The Cape Town city hall is inaugurated five years after the corner stone was laid and while the building is still in progress.

World Bids Farewell In The Land Mandela Freed by Lydia Polgreen, Nicholas Kulish and Alan Cowell (The New York TImes), 10 December 2013

Mandela’s Death Stirs Sense Of Loss Around The World by Nicholas Kulish, Lydia Polgreen and Alan Cowell (The New York Times), 6 December 2013

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The Susan Crisp (198 tons) is wrecked and five crewmembers are missing near Plettenberg Bay. She was on her way to remove provi

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Jan van Riebeeck writes to Otto Jansz on Robben Island, enquiring about the number of sheep on the island and whether he needs

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In a Tri-Nation test match the SA rugby team comes back from 5-25 and beats New Zealand 24-23 on King’s Park, Durban.

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Hendrik Swellengrebel, the only Cape governor to be born at the Cape, is born in Cape Town. Swellendam is named after him and

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Dr Albert Jan Jurie Wessels, author and founder of the Toyota motor company in SA, is born in the district of Boshof, OFS.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Moedwil takes place, with the Boer forces under Gen. De la Rey and Kemp retreating after fierce

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Louis Thibault, SA architect of several well-known houses in the western Cape and also the Lutheran Church in Cape Town, is bor

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The Rev. Paul Hendrik Roux, chaplain and general during Anglo-Boer War 2, after whom Paul Roux, OFS, was named, is born in Hope

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The four victorious allies of World War II (WWII) and the two Germanys formally end the war, signing a treaty that clear way fo

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The SA rugby team loses the third test against new Zealand in Auckland 22-25 and the series 1-2. Ray Mort scores three trie

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In one of the worst winter storms ever, eighteen ships are wrecked in Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth, and fifty-eight lives are lost

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. De la Rey, satisfied that his goal has been accomplished and on hearing reports of the approach of a str

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The Olympic Games end in Athens with a spectacular fireworks display and SA 40th on the list of medal winners, after Hestrie Cl

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Pieter Johannes Schoeman, SA author who is known for his sympathetic picturing of the Swazi, Zulu and San people, is born in Ut

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Pieter Johannes Schoeman, SA author who is known for his sympathetic picturing of the Swazi, Zulu and San people, is born in Ut

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A 463-ton British wooden ship, Childe Herold, en route from Bombay to London and carrying more than 1300 pieces of ivory, is wr

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The game between the Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, and Cote d’Ivoure ends in a tie with one goal scored on each side.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: A cannon, known as ‘Long Cecil’, and named after Cecil John Rhodes, is fired for the first time at Boer force

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Barney Barnato, with his family and Solly Joel, leaves Cape Town for Southampton on board of the Scot to escape from work press

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Jochem Willemse saves most of the crew of the Hoogergeest when it is wrecked, together with the Goede Hoop and Oranje, near the

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The first Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field is signe

Jack van der Schyff misses a goal kick and the SA rugby team loses 22-23 against the British Lions on Ellis Park field.

In a Tri-Nation test match the SA rugby team comes back from 5-25 and beats New Zealand 24-23 on King’s Park, Durban.

”Questions Affecting the Natives and Coloured People Resident in British South Africa”. Statement by the Executive of the South African Native Congress, 1903 [?]

The SA cricket team loses the fourth test against England on Trent Bridge with 8 wickets. One test remains to be played and bot

Anglo-Boer War 2: General Piet de Wet, brother of Chief Commandant C.R. de Wet, and his staff lay down their arms at Kroonstad.

Gen. Manie (Salomon Gerhardus) Maritz, member of the Danie Theron scout corps in the Anglo-Boer War 2 and one of the leaders of

The Cape Town city hall is inaugurated five years after the corner stone was laid and while the building is still in progress.

World Bids Farewell In The Land Mandela Freed by Lydia Polgreen, Nicholas Kulish and Alan Cowell (The New York TImes), 10 December 2013

Mandela’s Death Stirs Sense Of Loss Around The World by Nicholas Kulish, Lydia Polgreen and Alan Cowell (The New York Times), 6 December 2013

The Susan Crisp (198 tons) is wrecked and five crewmembers are missing near Plettenberg Bay. She was on her way to remove provi

Jan van Riebeeck writes to Otto Jansz on Robben Island, enquiring about the number of sheep on the island and whether he needs

In a Tri-Nation test match the SA rugby team comes back from 5-25 and beats New Zealand 24-23 on King’s Park, Durban.

Hendrik Swellengrebel, the only Cape governor to be born at the Cape, is born in Cape Town. Swellendam is named after him and

Dr Albert Jan Jurie Wessels, author and founder of the Toyota motor company in SA, is born in the district of Boshof, OFS.

Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Moedwil takes place, with the Boer forces under Gen. De la Rey and Kemp retreating after fierce

Louis Thibault, SA architect of several well-known houses in the western Cape and also the Lutheran Church in Cape Town, is bor

The Rev. Paul Hendrik Roux, chaplain and general during Anglo-Boer War 2, after whom Paul Roux, OFS, was named, is born in Hope

The four victorious allies of World War II (WWII) and the two Germanys formally end the war, signing a treaty that clear way fo

The SA rugby team loses the third test against new Zealand in Auckland 22-25 and the series 1-2. Ray Mort scores three trie

In one of the worst winter storms ever, eighteen ships are wrecked in Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth, and fifty-eight lives are lost

Anglo-Boer War 2: Gen. De la Rey, satisfied that his goal has been accomplished and on hearing reports of the approach of a str

The Olympic Games end in Athens with a spectacular fireworks display and SA 40th on the list of medal winners, after Hestrie Cl

Pieter Johannes Schoeman, SA author who is known for his sympathetic picturing of the Swazi, Zulu and San people, is born in Ut

Pieter Johannes Schoeman, SA author who is known for his sympathetic picturing of the Swazi, Zulu and San people, is born in Ut

A 463-ton British wooden ship, Childe Herold, en route from Bombay to London and carrying more than 1300 pieces of ivory, is wr

The game between the Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, and Cote d’Ivoure ends in a tie with one goal scored on each side.

Anglo-Boer War 2: A cannon, known as ‘Long Cecil’, and named after Cecil John Rhodes, is fired for the first time at Boer force

Barney Barnato, with his family and Solly Joel, leaves Cape Town for Southampton on board of the Scot to escape from work press

Jochem Willemse saves most of the crew of the Hoogergeest when it is wrecked, together with the Goede Hoop and Oranje, near the