Historical Events:
• 1967: Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys is indicted for draft evasion.
• 1951: Frank Chikane, former secretary-general of the South African Council of Churches and current politician, is born in Johannesburg.
• 1970: Marxist government takes over in Congo.
• 1988: Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British PM this century.
• 1999: UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, on a visit to South Africa, asks President Nelson Mandela to intervene in the Lockerbie case.
• 2012: World Press Freedom Day.
Arts, Music, TV:
• 1850: James Archbell, retired missionary, prints the first edition of the weekly newspaper The Natal Independent and General Advertiser.
• 1856: The weekly newspaper Het Volksblad is published in Cape Town.
• 1967: "Tonight Show" is shortened from 105 to 90 minutes.
• 1969: John Lennon’s "2 Virgins" album declared pornographic in NJ.
• 1970: WHAG TV channel 25 in Hagerstown, MD (NBC) begins broadcasting.
• 1971: "President’s Daughter" closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 72 perfs.
Sports:
• 1958: Lindsay Kline takes a hat-trick v South Africa at Cape Town.
• 1961: Robert Hector Catterall (60), SA cricket player in twenty-four test matches (1922-1933), dies in Kempton Park.
• 1981: 55th Australian Womens Tennis: H Mandlikova beats W Turnbull (60 75).
• 1981: Greg Chappell scores 204 v India at the SCG.
• 1991: LA King Wayne Gretzky scores his 700th goal against NY Islanders.
• 1997: Zimbabwe clean-sweep ODI series v England 3-0.
Source: historyorb.com & sahistory.org.com
Compiled by: Thandi Xaba
