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Ghana’s president Kwame Nkrumah escapes an assassination attempt when a hand grenade is thrown into a crowd greeting him. The d

This day in history

Benin (formerly Dahomey) proclaims its independence from France.

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The Nasionale Bouvereniging (National Building Society) is founded as result of a joint effort of Volkskas and Sanlam.

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Trial of ninety-one defendants on charges of high treason opens.

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Blacks Resettlement Act No 19 commences.

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Northern Rhodesia and Southern Rhodesia becomes a part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.

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N.C. Havenga’s Afrikaner Party joins the National Party under Dr D.F. Malan and becomes the Herenigde National Party.

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Air Force Base Waterkloof is founded with two hangars, a runway and No’s 1 and 2 Fighter-bomber Squadrons and No 3 Communicatio

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Adolf Hitler opens the 11th Olympic Games in Berlin, the last to be held for the next twelve years. SA also competed.

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The South African Broadcasting Corporation is inaugurated, set up in terms of the Broadcasting Act (Act no 22 of 1936). It broa

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The Second Polar Year Project (1 August 1932-31 August 1933) starts. The Union Weather Services of South Africa renders valuabl

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Reginald Rooseveldt MacIntyre Ndumiso Cingo, evangelist and educationist who was headmaster of the first secondary day school f

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Anglo-Boer War 2: The British parliament votes an additional £12 500 00 for munitions.

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Anglo-Boer War 2: Sir G. Lagden, formerly Resident Commissioner in Basutoland, is appointed by the British as the Commissioner

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Anglo-Boer War 2: General Ian Hamilton, commanding a force of about 6 000 men with twenty-six field guns, is sent to capture Co

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Sekhukhune, the Bapedi king, successfully resists the Boers’ attack on his stronghold during a protracted Boer/Bapedi land owne

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Explorer W.C. Oswell’s expedition, of which David Livingstone is a member, reaches Lake Ngami.

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Martin West, first lieutenant governor of Natal after annexation by the British on 12 May 1843, dies. (Muller: 500 Years: a his

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The Act of Parliament, becoming law from this date, achieves the abolition of slavery as an institution throughout the British

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The Hospital and Lunatic Asylum, first civilian hospital in Cape Town, erected by physician Samuel Silverthorne Bailey, is open

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Dr James Barry, British military surgeon and inspector-general of hospitals (later alleged to be a lady), arrives in Cape Town.

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The British fleet under Lord Nelson defeats the French fleet at the Battle of the Nile, at Aboukir Bay, Egypt, thus thwarting N

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Georg Schmidt, first Protestant missionary (Moravian Brethren) in SA, who established a mission station under the Hottentots (K

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The bulwark Walvis of the fort at the Cape collapses and in June the next year, Van Riebeeck concedes that the fort is falling

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A list of people prohibited from attending gatherings is published in the Government Gazette

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South Africa gets a new R5 coin with distinct security features designed to outsmart counterfeiters

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Ghana’s president Kwame Nkrumah escapes an assassination attempt when a hand grenade is thrown into a crowd greeting him. The d

Benin (formerly Dahomey) proclaims its independence from France.

The Nasionale Bouvereniging (National Building Society) is founded as result of a joint effort of Volkskas and Sanlam.

Trial of ninety-one defendants on charges of high treason opens.

Blacks Resettlement Act No 19 commences.

Northern Rhodesia and Southern Rhodesia becomes a part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.

N.C. Havenga’s Afrikaner Party joins the National Party under Dr D.F. Malan and becomes the Herenigde National Party.

Air Force Base Waterkloof is founded with two hangars, a runway and No’s 1 and 2 Fighter-bomber Squadrons and No 3 Communicatio

Adolf Hitler opens the 11th Olympic Games in Berlin, the last to be held for the next twelve years. SA also competed.

The South African Broadcasting Corporation is inaugurated, set up in terms of the Broadcasting Act (Act no 22 of 1936). It broa

The Second Polar Year Project (1 August 1932-31 August 1933) starts. The Union Weather Services of South Africa renders valuabl

Reginald Rooseveldt MacIntyre Ndumiso Cingo, evangelist and educationist who was headmaster of the first secondary day school f

Anglo-Boer War 2: The British parliament votes an additional £12 500 00 for munitions.

Anglo-Boer War 2: Sir G. Lagden, formerly Resident Commissioner in Basutoland, is appointed by the British as the Commissioner

Anglo-Boer War 2: General Ian Hamilton, commanding a force of about 6 000 men with twenty-six field guns, is sent to capture Co

Sekhukhune, the Bapedi king, successfully resists the Boers’ attack on his stronghold during a protracted Boer/Bapedi land owne

Explorer W.C. Oswell’s expedition, of which David Livingstone is a member, reaches Lake Ngami.

Martin West, first lieutenant governor of Natal after annexation by the British on 12 May 1843, dies. (Muller: 500 Years: a his

The Act of Parliament, becoming law from this date, achieves the abolition of slavery as an institution throughout the British

The Hospital and Lunatic Asylum, first civilian hospital in Cape Town, erected by physician Samuel Silverthorne Bailey, is open

Dr James Barry, British military surgeon and inspector-general of hospitals (later alleged to be a lady), arrives in Cape Town.

The British fleet under Lord Nelson defeats the French fleet at the Battle of the Nile, at Aboukir Bay, Egypt, thus thwarting N

Georg Schmidt, first Protestant missionary (Moravian Brethren) in SA, who established a mission station under the Hottentots (K

The bulwark Walvis of the fort at the Cape collapses and in June the next year, Van Riebeeck concedes that the fort is falling

National Party unveils its policy plan focusing on anti-poverty strategies

Ethiopia requests OAU to stop Somali intervention in the Ogaden Province

The Natives Resettlement Act, Act No 19 of 1954 is passed

The Luanda International Jazz Festival is launched in Luanda, Angola

A list of people prohibited from attending gatherings is published in the Government Gazette

South Africa gets a new R5 coin with distinct security features designed to outsmart counterfeiters