Historical Events:
• 1991: The ANC holds its first National Conference in Durban (2-6 July) after a break of more than thirty years.
• 1979: Susan B Anthony dollar is issued, 1st US coin to honor a woman.
• 1990: Panic in tunnel of Mecca: 1,426 pilgrims trampled to death.
• 2012: GlaxoSmithKline settle the largest healthcare fraud case in history for US$3 Billion.
Arts, Music, TV:
• 1908: Andries Johannes Bester de Klerk, writer and provincial secretary of the Cape Province, is born in Williston, CP.
• 1967: Boerneef (Prof. I.W. van der Merwe) (70), writer and poet, dies.
• 1936: Die Vaderland, first Afrikaans daily newspaper, is published in Johannesburg, with Willem van Heerden as editor.
• 1947: George Weideman, SA author, is born.
Sports:
• 2005: SA tennis player Wesley Moodie and Australian Stephen Huss win the Wimbledon Men’s double title.
• 1935: The SA cricket team wins its first test match on Lords against England.
• 1996: The SA rugby team beats Fiji in Pretoria 43-18.
• 1995: Michelle McGann wins Youngstown-Warren LPGA Golf Classic.
Source: historyorb.com & sahistory.org.com
Compiled by: Thandi Xaba
