Historical Events:
• 1899: The Orange Free State Volksraad adopts a motion supporting President Kruger’s franchise proposals at the Bloemfontein Conference as an "extremely fair concession".
• 2012: The Solar Impulse completes the world’s first intercontinental flight powered by the sun.
• 1977: Supreme Court tosses out automatic death penalty laws.
• 1652: Bernert Willemsz Wijlant, the first White baby, is born at the Cape.
Arts, Music, TV:
• 2013: Kevin Barry’s City of Bohane wins the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
• 1949: "It Pays To Be Ignorant" game show debut on CBS-TV.
• 1962: Beatles meet their producer George Martin for 1st time, they record "Besame Mucho" with Peter Best on drums.
• 1962: Guybon Budlwana Sinxo, teacher, writer, journalist and community worker, dies in Alice, Eastern Cape.
Sports:
• 1976: Pat Bradley wins LPGA Girl Talk Golf Classic.
• 1981: The SA rugby team beats Ireland in Durban in the second test match 12-10 and wins the series 2-0.
• 1998: The match between the Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, and Iceland ends in a tie with 1-1.
• 1972: Jeff Williams, Australian baseball pitcher (Olympics-1996) is born.
Source: historyorb.com & sahistory.org.com
Compiled by: Thandi Xaba
