Historical Events:
• 1783: First steamboat, Pyroscaphe, 1st run in France.
• 1995: Jews take Jerusalem.
• 2012: A Russian Soyuz rocket with an international team launches for a mission to the International Space Station.
• 1979: Morarji Desai resigns as premier of India.
Arts, Music, TV:
• 1963: Paul McCartney is fined £17 for speeding.
• 1968: "One Life to Live" premieres on TV.
• 1932: Cornelis Jacob Langenhoven, SA author and writer of the words of Die Stem, dies at his home ‘Arbeidsgenot’ in Oudtshoorn.
• 1939: Christiaan Johan Barnard, SA author, is born.
• 1997: Gianni Versace, fashion designer, shot to death by Andrew Cunanan at 50.
Sports:
• 1815: First flat horse race held on Nottingham Hill at Cheltenham, England (day and month TBC).
• 1969: The SA rugby team beats France 26-3 in the first test in Durban.
• 2003: 74th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 7-6 at U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago.
• 2008: Gyorgy Kolonics, Hungarian canoeist, Olympics medalist. (b. 1972) dies.
Source: historyorb.com & sahistory.org.com
Compiled by: Thandi Xaba
