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20 May 1987
Johannesburg Magistrate court is bombed
20 May 1980
SA signs Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
20 May 1942
Tennis champion Frew Mcmillan is born in Springs
20 May 1983
Car bomb explodes outside Air Force headquarters
20 May 2002
Health Minister Tshabalala-Msimang announces that SA pledges R20 million to the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria
20 May 1991
Die Huisgenoot, oldest still existing Afrikaans magazine, appears ten months after Die Burger
20 May 1981
UN and OAU take a stand against Apartheid policy
20 May 1910
Halley’s Comet reaches the closest point to earth
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