Historical Events:

• 1977: International Labour Organisation and UN meet over apartheid in SA.
• 2012: Kenyan politician, businessman and mathematician, George Saitoti dies.
• 1977: James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King’s killer) escapes from prison.
• 2001: Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon’s first female saint Saint Rafqa.

Arts, Music, TV:

• 1982: Editors oppose legislation on media control.
• 1939: Barney Bear, cartoon character, by MGM, debuts.
• 1972: Elvis Presley records a live album at NY’s Madison Square Garden.
• 1991: "Twin Peaks," on ABC-TV.

Sports:

• 1950: 50th US Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 287 at Merion Golf Club PA.
• 1968: AL games at Balt & Chicago postponed honoring Robert Kennedy.
• 2012: 58th LPGA Championship won by Shanshan Feng.
• 1994: Jennifer Capriati, tennis ace, checks out of drug abuse clinic.

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