Historical Events:
• 1904: President Paul Kruger (78), dies of heart failure in Clarens, Switzerland.
• 2004: British diplomat Edward Clay launches a stinging attack on the Kenyan government for allegedly failing to tackle corruption.
• 1927: 1st commercial airplane flight in Hawaii.
• 1942: 1st transport of Amsterdam Jews to Westerbork.
Arts, Music, TV:
• 1891: Dr Stephanus Petrus Erasmus Boshoff, Afrikaner cultural leader, linguist and director of education, is born on Vaalbank, district Senekal, OFS.
• 1934: Pieter George du Plessis, Afrikaans dramatist and TV personality, is born in the district of Boshof, OFS.
• 1986: Paul McCartney releases "Press".
• 1988: WYHY radio offers $1M to anyone who can prove Elvis is still alive.
Sports:
• 1930: William (Gobo) Ashley, SA cricket player in a test against England (1888-89), dies in Plumtree, Rhodesia.
• 1956: The SA rugby team loses the first test against New Zealand 6-10 in Dunedin.
• 1978: Andre George Ezra Coetzee, SA soccer player who made history in 2000 when he took Ajax Cape Town, the PSL and Safe to court to challenge the transfer and compensation rules, is born in Cape Town. He was awarded the accolade, ‘Playmaker of the Decade’ by Kick Off.
• 1968: Carol Mann wins LPGA Pabst Ladies’ Golf Classic.
Source: historyorb.com & sahistory.org.com
Compiled by: Thandi Xaba
