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Edward Roworth, SA landscape painter, dies in Somerset West.

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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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The Central African Republic (former Oubangi-Shari) gains independence from France with David Dacko, the cousin of the former P

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The SA rugby team beats New Zealand 12-6 in Johannesburg.

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Mosiuoa Gerard Patrick (Terror) Lekota, SA Minister of Defence since 1999, is born.

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John Meyer, SA portrait painter, is born.

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Fidel Castro, president of Cuba since 1976 who authorised the intervention of Cuban troops in the Angolan Civil War, is born.

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The SA rugby team loses the first test 5-13 against New Zealand.

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Christoffel Frederik Johannes Muller, theological professor at the theological seminary, Stellenbosch, dies in Stellenbosch.

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The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (the future King George V and his wife) arrive in Durban for a quick royal visit to N

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Battle of Elands River: One of Col. Hore’s men, having sneaked through the besieger’s lines, reaches the Brit

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Jacob Hendrik (Henk) Pierneef, SA landscape painter, is born in Johannesburg.

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Pedi King Sekhukhune I, together with fourteen advisers, are assassinated at the behest of Mampuru, Sekhukhune’s half-brother a

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Wilhelm A. Alheit, minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, is ordained.

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Sydney Smith Bell, judge in the Cape Colony, is appointed as chief justice and president of the legislative assembly.

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Willem Cornelis Janse van Rensburg (47), second president of the ZAR for seven months, dies.

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About ten Zulu regiments attack the Voortrekkers at Veglaer, next to the Bushmans River, near the town that is now known as Est

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The corner stone of the Royal Observatory is laid in Cape Town.

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Under the London Convention, Britain agrees on this day to pay five million sterling to the United Netherlands for the Dutch po

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Britain agrees to hand back all Dutch colonial possessions.

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Britain’s India Act places East India Company under government-appointed Board of Control.

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Jan Christoffel Berrangé, Cape clergyman and first moderator of the Dutch Reformed Synod, is born in Cape Town.

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In the German village of Herrnhut, religious reformer Count Nicolaus von Zinzendorf, aged 27, organises a group of Bohemian Pro

Ruth Perry is elected to lead Liberia, thus becoming Africa's first female head of state

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Ruth Perry is elected to lead Liberia, thus becoming Africa's first female head of state

The first Prime Minister of the DRC, Patrice Lumumba, declares martial law in Katanga

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The first Prime Minister of the DRC, Patrice Lumumba, declares martial law in Katanga

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Gertrude Shope, former president of the ANC Women’s League, is born

Walter Sisulu attends a secret ANC meeting in Durban

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Walter Sisulu attends a secret ANC meeting in Durban

Edward Roworth, SA landscape painter, dies in Somerset West

This day in history

Edward Roworth, SA landscape painter, dies in Somerset West

The last quagga in the world dies in a zoo in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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The last quagga in the world dies in a zoo in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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