Historical Events:
• 1885: The railway line from Cape Town is completed up to Kimberley.
• 1916: Marthinus Theunis Steyn, former president of the Orange Free State, dies in Bloemfontein.
• 1980: Mandela receives the Jawaharlal Nehru Award.
• 1987: South African Airways Boeing 747 crashes into Indian Ocean, 159 die
• 1994: Ford and Mercedes re-invest in South Africa.
Arts, Music, TV:
• 1963: Beatles "She Loves You" returns to #1 in UK record chart.
• 1974: John Lennon’s last concert appearance (Elton John concert in Madison Square Garden NYC).
• 1993: "Gray’s Anatomy" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 13 performances.
• 2012: Franco Ventriglia, American opera singer, dies at 90
• 2010: 24th Soul Train Music Awards: Ron Isley, Anita Baker win.
Sports:
• 1913: Heavyweight Jack Johnson KOs Andre Spaul in Paris.
• 1998: The SA rugby team beats Ireland 27-13 in Dublin.
• 1999: SA cricket players record their first ever innings win over England when they beat Nassar Hussain’s tourists by an innings and 21 runs in the first cricket Test at the Wanderers.
• 2010: Gil McDougald, American baseball player (b. 1928).
Source: historyorb.com & sahistory.org.com
Compiled by: Thandi Xaba
