Historical Events:

• 1878: First Lady Lucy Hayes begins egg rolling contest on White House lawn.
• 1980: Indian students join the Coloured schools boycott.
• 1994: First reports of Rwandan genocide are starting to appear.
• 1960: Brasilia becomes capital of Brazil.

Arts, Music, TV:

• 1940: First $64 Question, "Take It or Leave It," on CBS Radio.
• 1974: 28th Tony Awards: River Niger & Raisin win.
• 1984: After 37 weeks "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose".
• 1988: Barbra Streisand records "You’ll Never Know".

Sports:

• 1925: No baseball games played in NL due to Charles Ebbets’ funeral.
• 1980: 9th Boston Women’s Marathon won by Jacqueline Gareau of Can in 2:34:28 Rosie Ruiz disqualified as women’s champ she hadn’t run entire course.
• 1985: Ingrid Kristiansen wins London Marathon in a record 2:21:06.
• 1996: 57th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Hale Irwin.

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