Historical Events:

• 1899: Anglo-Boer War 2: Queensland, Australia, offers military aid to Britain.
• 1938: "Yankee Clipper" completes 1st passenger flight over Atlantic.
• 1956: Solomon Kalushi (Khala) Mahlangu, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) soldier executed for murder in 1979, is born in Mamelodi, Pretoria.
• 2000: A leaking southern Nigerian petroleum pipeline explodes, killing about 250 villagers scavenging gasoline.

Arts, Music, TV:

• 1948: "Look Ma, I’m Dancin’" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 188 perfs.
• 2011: British tabloid News of the World publishes its last edition after 168 years in the wake of a phone hacking scandal.
• 1978: World News Tonight premieres on ABC.
• 2011: Roland Petit, French choreographer and dancer (b. 1924) dies.

Sports:

• 1900: Robert Hector Catterall, SA cricket player in twenty-four test matches, is born in Port Elizabeth.
• 1940: Dawie de Villiers, Springbok rugby captain and later cabinet minister, is born.
• 1991: The International Cricket Council agrees to grant full membership to the United Cricket Board of South Africa, which will allow South African players to participate in test matches by the end of 1991.
• 1999: The New Zealand rugby team beats SA 28-0 in a tri-nation match in Dunedin.

Source: historyorb.com & sahistory.org.com
Compiled by: Thandi Xaba