Historical Events:
• 1977: Violence erupts on the eve of Soweto uprising anniversary.
• 1860: Florence Nightingale opens the first school for nurses at the St. Thomas hospital in London.
• 2012: Apple I computer sells for a record $374,500.
• 1992: Dan Quayle, relying on faulty card, erroneously instructs Trenton NJ, elementary student to spell "potato," "potatoe" during spelling bee.
• 1997: British model Naomi Campbell hospitalized due to drug overdose.
Arts, Music, TV:
• 1955: Mary Eveline Fincken singer, teacher of singing, educationist and choirmaster, dies in Cape Town.
• 1961: André Huguenet, stage-name of Gerhardus Petrus Borstlap, SA actor, producer and author, dies in Bloemfontein in poverty.
• 2005: Former Cape Argus editor John O’Malley (82) dies in Cape Town after a long battle with cancer.
• 1994: Disney’s "Lion King" opens in theaters with $42 million.
Sports:
• 1996: Bafana Bafana, the SA soccer team, wins 3-0 against Malawi in a home game.
• 1996: Sakhumzi Magxwalisa, SA super flyweight, wins the World Boxing Union (WBU) world champion title.
• 1997: 97th US Golf Open: Ernie Els shoots a 276 Congressional CC Bethesda Md
• 1984: Vitesse soccer team forms in Arnhem.
• 1996: Cedric Pioline, Neuilly/Seine France, tennis pro (US open final-93) is born.
Source: historyorb.com & sahistory.org.com
Compiled by: Thandi Xaba
