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The SA rugby team loses 3-11 against New Zealand in the second test in Cape Town.

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Amanda Strydom, SA singer and cabaret star, is born.

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Walter Sisulu is served two notifications, in terms of Section 5 of the Suppression of Communism Act (Act 44 of 1950). Sisulu i

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Egyptian military officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser overthrow King Farouk I.

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Lieutenant FM Bekker and Lieutenant RM du Plooy, serving with the SAAF Cheetah Squadron in the Korean War, are killed in action

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Lochner de Kock, SA singer and lyric writer, is born.

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Edward Butler (Clive) Rice, SA cricket player, is born in Johannesburg.

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WW2: Hurricanes of No.1 Squadron shoot down thirteen Ju-87s over the South African positions in the Alamein line, North Africa.

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To show solidarity of Natal Indians with the intended Passive Resistance Campaign in the Transvaal, a mass meeting is organised

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The African Metals Corporation (Amcor) is founded in SA.

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Twenty-two leading Indian leaders, including Manilal Gandhi, Albert Christopher and P.R. Pather, calls for a mass meeting to pr

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Daniel Francois (D. F.) Malan, Minister of the Interior, introduces the Areas Reservation and Immigration and Registration (Fur

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Stefans Grové, SA pianist and composer, is born in Bethlehem, OFS.

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Kenya becomes a British crown colony.

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The House of Assembly in Cape Town passes a preliminary resolution in favour of the union of the four provinces of South Africa

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Milner is presented with the freedom of the City of London at the Guildhall.

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A Pan-African Congress meets in London.

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Stuart Cloete, SA author of i.a. Wheels and Rags of Glory, is born in Parys, OFS.

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Haile Selassi I emperor of Ethiopia (1930-74), is born as Lij Tafari Makonnen in the village of Ejersa Goro in the Harar provin

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(Pieter) Hugo Naude, SA portrait and landscape painter, is born in Worcester.

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Dr David Livingstone, SA explorer, visits England.

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Andries (Wilhelmus Jacobus) Pretorius, Voortrekker leader after whom Pretoria was named, dies in the Magaliesberg district.

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Napoleon Bonaparte captures Alexandria, Egypt.

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William John Burchell, botanist and explorer of the interior of SA, is born in Fulham, London.

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The Council of 17 decides at a meeting in Amsterdam that Mauritius be abandoned as a subordinate settlement to that of the Cape

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Johannes (Jan) Commelin, SA expert on herbs, is born in Leiden, the Netherlands.

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A free trade agreement between Morocco and the US comes into effect.

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Wouter Hugo (46), former Free State rugby captain, dies in a motorcar accident.

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A UN agency begins dropping tons of food from a cargo plane to help an estimated 700 000 people facing serious food shortages i

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President Clinton orders the Pentagon to begin a major relief effort in Rwanda.

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The SA rugby team loses 3-11 against New Zealand in the second test in Cape Town.

Amanda Strydom, SA singer and cabaret star, is born.

Walter Sisulu is served two notifications, in terms of Section 5 of the Suppression of Communism Act (Act 44 of 1950). Sisulu i

Egyptian military officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser overthrow King Farouk I.

Lieutenant FM Bekker and Lieutenant RM du Plooy, serving with the SAAF Cheetah Squadron in the Korean War, are killed in action

Lochner de Kock, SA singer and lyric writer, is born.

Edward Butler (Clive) Rice, SA cricket player, is born in Johannesburg.

WW2: Hurricanes of No.1 Squadron shoot down thirteen Ju-87s over the South African positions in the Alamein line, North Africa.

To show solidarity of Natal Indians with the intended Passive Resistance Campaign in the Transvaal, a mass meeting is organised

The African Metals Corporation (Amcor) is founded in SA.

Twenty-two leading Indian leaders, including Manilal Gandhi, Albert Christopher and P.R. Pather, calls for a mass meeting to pr

Daniel Francois (D. F.) Malan, Minister of the Interior, introduces the Areas Reservation and Immigration and Registration (Fur

Stefans Grové, SA pianist and composer, is born in Bethlehem, OFS.

Kenya becomes a British crown colony.

The House of Assembly in Cape Town passes a preliminary resolution in favour of the union of the four provinces of South Africa

Anglo-Boer War 2: Lord Milner is presented with the freedom of the City of London at the Guildhall.

A Pan-African Congress meets in London.

Stuart Cloete, SA author of i.a. Wheels and Rags of Glory, is born in Parys, OFS.

Haile Selassi I emperor of Ethiopia (1930-74), is born as Lij Tafari Makonnen in the village of Ejersa Goro in the Harar provin

(Pieter) Hugo Naude, SA portrait and landscape painter, is born in Worcester.

Dr David Livingstone, SA explorer, visits England.

Andries (Wilhelmus Jacobus) Pretorius, Voortrekker leader after whom Pretoria was named, dies in the Magaliesberg district.

Napoleon Bonaparte captures Alexandria, Egypt.

William John Burchell, botanist and explorer of the interior of SA, is born in Fulham, London.

The Council of 17 decides at a meeting in Amsterdam that Mauritius be abandoned as a subordinate settlement to that of the Cape

Johannes (Jan) Commelin, SA expert on herbs, is born in Leiden, the Netherlands.

A free trade agreement between Morocco and the US comes into effect.

Wouter Hugo (46), former Free State rugby captain, dies in a motorcar accident.

A UN agency begins dropping tons of food from a cargo plane to help an estimated 700 000 people facing serious food shortages i

President Clinton orders the Pentagon to begin a major relief effort in Rwanda.