Historical Events:
• 1949: Business leader Matome Maponya is born.
• 1973: Journalist Patrick Laurence is given suspended sentence.
• 1997: F.W. de Klerk apologizes for apartheid.
• 1978: First round of the presidential elections in Upper Volta.
• 1991: Winnie Mandela sentenced to 6 years for complicity in kidnapping & beating of four youths, one of whom died, She is freed pending appeal.
Arts, Music, TV:
• 1966: First reported monitoring of pirate radio station WBBH (NJ).
• 1973: Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, last airs on NBC-TV.
• 1976: Lowell Thomas ends 46 years as radio network reporter.
• 1984: 19th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama
Sports:
• 1989: First Tour de Trump bicycle race run (Atlanta).
• 1992: WIBC Bowling Queens won by Cindy Coburn-Carroll.
• 1996: New York Yankee Dwight Gooden no-hits Seattle Mariners 2-0.
• 1948: Bob Woolmer, cricketer (England batsman mid-70’s) is born.
Source: historyorb.com & sahistory.org.com
Compiled by: Thandi Xaba
