2005 South Africa is the 5th country to recognize same-sex marriages
2004 Earthquake, greatest in over 40 years, strikes the Pacific Ocean near Sumatra, triggering a massive Indian Ocean tsunami, killing as many as 266,000 in coastal regions of Asia and Africa
2003 In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush stated that Saddam Hussein had tried to acquire 'significant quantities of uranium from Africa' (a claim substantiated only by forged documents)
2001 Dr. Christiaan Barnard, surgeon, ", performed the first heart transplant, South Africa 1967, ", dies at 78
1997 South Africa announces it is constructing largest modern day blimp
1996 Jean-Bedel Bokassa, dictator of Cent Africa Rep (1967-79), dies at 75
1996 South Africa's Constitutional Assembly adopts permanent post-apartheid constitution
1996 South Africa defeat Pakistan to win the Pepsi Cup in Sharjah
1996 Gary Kirsten scores 188* for South Africa vs. UAE at Rawalpindi
1995 Paul Adams becomes South Africa's youngest Test Cricket player, 18 years 340 ds
1995 Jack Russell takes 11 catches in Test Cricket vs. South Africa, a record
1995 Allan Donald takes 8-71 as South Africa defeat Zimbabwe
1995 In South Africa, 104 miners killed in an elevator accident
1994 Ben Mokoena becomes 1st black mayor of Middelburg South Africa
1994 South Africa reclaims its seat in U.N.
1994 6 white racists sentenced to death in South Africa
1994 Nelson Mandela sworn in as South Africa's 1st black president
1994 Nelson Mandela and his ANC, finally confirmed winners in South Africa
1994 1st multi-racial election in South Africa ends [3 days]
1994 1st multi-racial election in South Africa begins [3 days] Dr. Nomaza Paintin in NZ is 1st black South African to vote
1994 Agatha Uwilingiyimana, PM of Rwanda (first female prime minister in Africa), assassinated, the day after President Habyarimana's plane was shot down, killing him and the president of Burundi
1994 Zulu-king Goodwill Zwelithini founds realm in South Africa
1994 South Africa Goldstone committee reveals existence of secret police
1994 ANC chief Nelson Mandela rejects demand by white right-wingers for separate homeland in South Africa
1994 Largest milkshake (1,955 gallons of chocolate-Nelspruit South Africa)
1994 Australia beat South Africa 2-1 to win the World Series Cup
1994 South Africa beat Australia in the Sydney Test by 5 runs
1993 Black and white leaders in South Africa approve new democratic constitution
1993 Nelson Mandela and South Africa President F W de Klerk awarded Nobel Peace Prize
1993 U.N. lifts remaining economic sanctions against South Africa
1993 Day of Peace in South Africa
1993 Denis Tomlinson, South Africa cricket leg-spinner, dies
1993 South Africa agrees to multi-racial elections
1993 Andries Treurnicht, founder South Africa Conservative Party, dies at 72
1993 South Africa White Wolves kill 5 year old black girl
1992 Slaughtering by Inkhata-followers at Boipatong, South Africa, kills 42
1992 Start of South Africa's 1st Test Cricket since 1970 (v WI Bridgetown)
1992 England beat South Africa in rain-ruined cricket World Cup semi final
1992 Paul Simon opens a tour in South Africa
1991 South Africa's 1st cricket international since 1970 - one-day vs. India
1991 South Africa readmitted to Olympics
1991 South Africa abolishes last of its apartheid laws
1991 Europe foreign ministers lift most remaining sanctions against South Africa
1991 42 killed in exhibition soccer match in Johannesburg South Africa
1991 Soccer stadium riot in Orkney South Africa, at least 40 die
1990 President De Klerk of South Africa meets with Mandela to talk of end of apartheid
1990 Commuter train at Johannesburg South Africa attacked, 36 die
1990 South Africa Communist Party begins 1st legal conference
1990 Muntu Myeza, South Africa anti-apartheid activist, dies in auto at 39
1990 South Africa President F W de Klerk lifts 4 year of state of emergency
1990 Former president PW Botha quit South Africa's ruling National Party
1990 South Africa and African National Congress open talks to end apartheid
1990 Namibia becomes independent of South Africa, Sam Nujoma becomes president
1990 50 killed at Inkatha-UDF battle in Natal, South Africa
1990 Nelson Mandela (political prisoner-27 years) freed in South Africa
1990 South Africa President de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be free Feb 11th
1990 South Africa's President FW de Klerk promises to free Nelson Mandela and legalizes ANC and 60 other political orgs
1990 South Africa says its reconsidering ban on African National Congress
1989 Athol Fugard's "My Children, My Africa," premieres in New York City
1989 South Africa President FW de Klerk announces scrapping of Separate Amenities Act
1989 South Africa President FW de Klerk frees Sisulu and 4 other political prisoners
1989 FW De Klerk sworn in as president of South Africa
1989 Desmond Tutu leads biggest anti-apartheid protest march in South Africa
1989 Frederik de Klerk becomes president of South Africa
1989 President Pieter W Botha of South Africa, resigns
1989 Nelson Mandela receives a BA from University of South Africa
1989 FW de Klerk replaces Botha as South Africa's National Party leader
1988 South Africa signs accord granting independence to South West Africa
1988 South Africa anti-apartheid leader Sisulu wins $100,000 Human Rights prize
1988 Bomb attack on office of South Africa Council of Churches
1988 Angola, Cuba and South Africa sign cease fire treaty
1988 South Africa declares cease-fire in Angola
1988 Winnie Mandella's home in Soweto, South Africa destroyed by arson
1987 South Africa ANC-leader Govan Mbeki freed
1987 South Africa frees Dutch anthropologist/Anc'er Klaas de Young
1987 South Africa longest mine strike in history ends
1986 South Africa censors press
1986 International Red Cross ousted from South Africa
1986 IBM re-forms in South Africa
1986 Tupolev-134 crashes in Southern Africa
1986 Fire in Kinross gold mine, Transvaal South Africa, 177 killed
1986 1 day general strike in South Africa
1986 U.S. and West Europeans veto heavier sanctions against South Africa
1986 Anti-apartheid activist Helene Pastoors sentenced to 10 years in South Africa
1986 58th Academy Awards - "Out of Africa," William Hurt and G Page win
1985 South Africa's Cosatu union centre forms
1985 President Reagan orders sanctions against South Africa
1985 Anti-apartheid lawyer Bulelani Ngcuka marries in South Africa
1985 South Africa police arrested Dutch ANC'er Klaas de Jong
1985 Jack Robertson, South Africa cricket spinner (3 Tests vs. Aust 1935-36), dies
1985 1st remote location for "Nightline" (South Africa)
1985 Last edition of Brink Daily Mail/Sunday Express in South Africa
1985 South Africa will repeal sex and marriage laws against whites and non-whites
1985 South Africa President PW Botha offers to free Mandela if he denounces violence
1984 President Reagan vetoes sanctions against South Africa
1984 South Africa adopts constitution
1984 South Africa prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for 1st time in 22 years
1984 Worker's union leader Billy Nair freed in South Africa
1983 South Africa worker's union leader Curnick Ndlovu freed after 19 years
1983 Lennox Brown, cricket leg spinner (3 wickets at 63 for South Africa), dies
1983 Supertanker Castillo de Bellvar crashes at South Africa
1982 Rev A Treurnicht forms Conservative Party of South Africa
1981 According to South Africa, Ciskei gains independence Not recognized as an independent country outside South Africa
1981 South Africa anti apartheid advocate Bulelani Ngcuka arrested
1981 Heaviest known orange (2.5 kg) exhibited, Nelspruit, South Africa
1980 Dutch 2nd Chamber joins oil boycott of South Africa
1980 U.N. Security Council calls for South Africa to free Nelson Mandela
1980 ANC sets fire to Sasol oil installations in South Africa
1980 Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in South Africa
1980 Elevator in Vaal Reef South Africa gold mine crash 1900m down (23 die)
1980 Mohammed Ali tours Africa as President Carter's envoy
1979 South Africa grants Venda independence (Not recognized out of South Africa)
1979 Doug Meintjes, South Africa cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies
1978 Pieter Botha succeeds Vorster as premier of South Africa
1978 Margaret Gardiner, of South Africa, crowned 27th Miss Universe
1978 South Africa military goes into Angola
1977 Donald Woods, a banned white editor flees South Africa
1977 South Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence
1977 U.N. Security council proclaims weapon embargo against South Africa
1977 U.S. recalls William Bowdler, ambassador to South Africa
1977 Christmas Tinto sentenced to 7 years in Robbeneiland South Africa
1977 Bloody riots in Soweto South Africa
1977 Paul "Goggo" Adams, cricketer, lefty very unorthodox bowler for South Africa
1976 Winnie Mandela banished in South Africa
1976 U.N. General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa
1976 Transkei gains independence, not recognized outside of South Africa
1976 South Africa decides to allow multi-racial teams to represent them
1976 Race riot in Cape Town, South Africa; 17 die
1976 Student uprisings begin in Soweto, South Africa, Soweto Day
1976 Anti-apartheid advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza arrested in South Africa
1975 Battle between Cuba and South Africa troops in Angola
1975 Mbali Gasa, Miss South Africa Universe 1997
1974 South Africa suspended from United Nations General Assembly over racial policies
1974 63rd Davis Cup: South Africa beats India in (w/o)
1974 V V S Laxman, cricketer, Indian Test batsman vs. South Africa 1996-
1974 ? Rosenkowitz, Cape Town South Africa, 1st sextuplets to survive born to Sue
1974 Craig Wishart, cricketer, Zimbabwe Test batsman vs South Africa 1995
1973 Adam Bacher, cricketer, nephew of Ali South Africa Test batsman 1996-
1973 William CF Plomer, South Africa libretto writer (Curlew River), dies at 69
1973 Joanette Kruger, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, tennis star
1972 Marcos Ondruska, South Africa, tennis star
1972 Carol Anne Becker, Miss Universe-South Africa 1996
1972 Passenger train derails killing 48 (Rust Stasie South Africa)
1972 Sidney Pegler, cricket leg spinner (leading South Africa prior to WWI), dies
1972 Max Theiler, South Africa/U.S. microbiologist (vaccin-Nobel 1951), dies at 73
1972 Tswanaland becomes Bophuthatswana in South Africa
1971 Amanda Coetzer, Hoopstad South Africa, tennis star, 1996 Aust semi
1971 Wayne Ferreira, Johannesburg South Africa, tennis star, Munich 1995
1971 South Africa national debt hits 5.45 billion
1971 George Wood, England cricket wicketkeeper (v South Africa 1924), dies
1971 Winnie Mandela sentenced to 1 year in jail in South Africa
1971 Edward van der Merwe, cricket keeper (South Africa in 2 Tests in 30's), dies
1971 Barbara Failey-Herbert, South Africa, golfer, 1989 winner SA Champ
1970 Olaf Kolzig, born in Johannesbourg, South Africa, NHL goalie for the Washington Capitals
1970 South Africa complete 4-0 series drubbing of Australia
1970 Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa vs. Australia, Durban
1970 Test debut of Barry Richards, South Africa vs. Australia, Cape Town
1969 Theodore Ernest Els, Johannesburg South Africa, PGA golfer, 1994 U.S. Open
1968 Elna Reinach, Pretoria South Africa, tennis star
1968 Gram Parson refuses to play with the Byrds in South Africa
1968 South Africa Boeing 707 crashes at Windhoek, 122 killed
1968 Clare Wood, born in Zululand, South Africa, tennis star, 1986 Futures-Lisbon
1968 Dinky van Rensburg, South Africa, tennis star
1967 1st human heart transplant performed (Dr. Christian Barnard, South Africa)
1967 Ben Fouchee, born in Kuruman, South Africa, Canadian Tour golfer, 1987 South Africa Amateur
1967 Albert J Luthuli, president South Africa (ANC), dies
1967 Government bans submarines near South Africa
1966 Rosalyn Fairbank, South Africa, tennis player
1966 U.N. deprives South Africa of Namibia
1966 Elana Meyer, [van Zyl], South Africa, runner, Olympics-silver-92
1966 Johannes Balthazar Vorster sworn in as premier of South Africa
1966 S J "Tip" Snooke, South Africa cricket all-rounder (26 Tests 1905-23), dies
1966 Zola Budd Pieterse, Bloemfontein South Africa, track star 1988 Olympics
1966 Radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting
1966 South Africa government bans Defense and Aid Fund
1966 Andrew Hudson, cricketer, South Africa, 163 on debut vs WI 1992
1965 South Africa government says children of white fathers are white
1965 South Africa begins economic boycott of Dutch products
1965 South Africa worker's union leader Henry Fazzie sentenced to 10 years
1965 Mark Rushmere, cricketer, South Africa opening bat in comeback Test 1992
1965 Geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against South Africa, his best Test bowling
1964 Gary Muller, South Africa, tennis star
1964 British Labour Party installs weapon embargo against South Africa
1964 3 cars of a commuter train derails in South Africa killing 81
1964 South Africa banned from Olympic Games because of apartheid policies
1964 Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison in South Africa
1964 R T Stanyforth, English cricket wicketkeeper (South Africa 1927-28), dies
1964 Ronnie McCann, Evander South Africa, Nike golfer, 1993 Hawkeye-37th
1963 Kenya (formerly British East Africa) declares independence from UK
1963 South Africa begins trial of Nelson Mandela and 8 others on conspiracy
1963 Scott Dunlap, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Canadian Tour golfer, 1995 South Africa Masters
1963 South Africa worker's union leader Curnick Ndlovu arrested
1963 All Africa Conferences of Churches opens in Kampala Uganda
1963 Ashley Chinner, Cape Town South Africa, golfer, 1992 CGIA Canadian Tour
1962 U.N. General Assembly adopts resolution condemning South Africa
1962 Christo van Rensburg, South Africa, tennis star
1962 Karen Blixen-Finecke, baroness/writer (Out of Africa), dies at 77
1962 Nelson Mandela arrested for incitement and illeagally leaving South Africa
1962 South Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes
1962 Philip Jonas, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Payless-2nd
1962 Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57
1961 South Africa vs. NZ, Durban debuts for Eddie Barlow and Peter Pollock
1961 Former nazi leader Johannes Vorster becomes South Africa's minister of justice (if the shoe fits...)
1961 Union of South Africa becomes a republic, leaves Commonwealth
1961 South Africa leaves British Commonwealth
1961 South Africa withdraws from British Commonwealth
1961 Roger Wessels, born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, golfer, 1994 Canadian Masters
1960 Rosalyn Nideffer, Durban South Africa, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Midland MI
1960 Derek James, Durban South Africa, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 Infiniti
1960 Country of Katanga forms in Africa
1960 Geoff Griffin takes a hat-trick South Africa vs. England Lord's
1960 South Africa police kills 11 Pondo's at Nqusa Hill
1960 Sharpeville Massacre: Police kill 72 in South Africa and outlaws ANC
1960 Keith Musa[kawukhathi] Zondi, South Africa head, Inkatha Youth Brigade
1960 Rock falls traps 437 at Coalbrook South Africa, 417 die of methane poisoning
1959 De Beers firm of South Africa announces synthetic diamond
1959 David Laurence Frost, Cape Town South Africa, PGA golfer, 1988 Southern Open
1959 Progressive Party under John Steytler forms in South Africa
1959 Nicky Le Roux, born in South Africa, LPGA golfer, 1994 Atlanta Champ-15th
1959 Daniel F Malan, premier of South Africa (1948-54), dies at 84
1958 Henry Verwoerd appointed PM of South Africa
1958 John G Strijdom, premier of South Africa (1954-58), dies at 65
1958 Johan Kriek, born in South Africa, tennis player, U.S. Indoor 1982
1958 South Africa government disallows ANC
1958 Kevin Curren, South Africa, tennis star
1958 Lindsay Kline takes a hat-trick vs. South Africa at Cape Town
1957 Test Cricket debut for Wally Grout and Bobby Simpson vs. South Africa
1957 Fulton Peter Allem, Kroonstad South Africa, PGA golfer, 1993 SW Bell
1957 Steve Porcaro, rock keyboards/vocalist, Toto-Roseanna, Africa
1957 South Africa government approves race separation in universities
1957 Nick Price, Durban South Africa, PGA golfer, 1991 Byron Nelson Classic
1957 Alexander Cambridge, Governor-General (South Africa 1923-31/Canada 1940-5), dies at 82
1956 Nelson Mandela and 156 others arrested for political activities in South Africa
1956 Eddie Edwards, South Africa, tennis star
1956 Azhar Cachalia, Scottish/South Africa leader, United Democratic Front
1955 U.N. disapproves of South Africa's apartheid politics
1955 Test Cricket debut of Ken Barrington, vs. South Africa, Trent Bridge
1955 Mike Porcaro, rock bassist, Toto-Roseanna, Africa
1955 Benny Alexander, secretary general, South Africa Pan-Africanist Movement
1955 Titus M Mafolo, South Africa journalist/ANC-leader
1954 John Str˜dom succeeds Malan as premier of South Africa
1954 Alice Krige, born in South Africa, actress, Chariots of Fire, Ladykiller
1954 Jeff Porcaro, born in Los Angeles, California, drummer and percussionist, Toto-Roxanne, Africa
1954 Francis B Young, British physician/writer (In South Africa), dies at 69
1952 Nelson Mandela and 51 others infringe South Africa curfew
1952 Popo Simon Molefe, Secretary-General, South Africa UDF
1952 Omar Henry, cricketer, 1st colored player for South Africa 1992
1951 Sally Little, Cape Town South Africa, LPGA golfer, 1982 Dinah Shore
1951 Netherlands and South Africa sign cultural accord
1951 Dennis Frederiksen, rocker, Toto-Roseanna, Africa
1951 Frank Chikane, sec-gen of South Africa Council of Churches
1950 South Africa passes Group Areas Act segregating races
1950 Itumeleng J Mosala, South Africa president, Azanian People's Org
1949 Mhlabunzima Maphumulo, South Africa Kwazulu politician
1949 Anthony Akerman, South Africa, director
1949 Lukas D. Barnard, head of South Africa secret service, NIS
1949 South Africa begins implementing apartheid; no mixed marriages
1949 England beat South Africa by scoring 174 runs in 94 minutes
1949 Black/Indian race rebellion in Durban, South Africa; 142 die
1948 South Africa elects a nationalist government with apartheid policy
1947 Franz X. Ritter von Epp, German General (SW Africa), dies at 79
1947 Stephanus S "Tian" van Merwe, leader, South Africa Democratic Party
1947 Roelof P Meyer, South Africa under minister of Law and Order etc
1947 Compton and Bill Edrich make 370 stand for 3rd wkt vs. South Africa
1947 Eric Molobi, born in South Africa, activist, ANC
1947 John Traicos, cricketer, in Egypt South Africa 1970, Zimbabwe 1992-93
1946 Tony Greig, South Africa, cricketer, English all-rounder 1972-77
1946 Leon Wessels, South Africa lawyer/underminister of Law and Order
1946 John Harrison, South Africa correspondent, BBC
1945 Barry Richards, extraordinary cricket batsman, 4 Tests for South Africa
1945 West Africa 82nd division occupies Myohaung, Burma
1944 Renier S Schoeman, South Africa MP, NP, /journalist
1944 Peter Tosh, Jamaica, reggae musician, Mystic Man, Mama Africa
1944 M N Aubrey Mokoape, South Africa's VP, Azanian People Org
1944 Samuel J de Beer, South Africa vicar/underminister of Education
1944 Klaus Maria Brandauer, born in Austria, actor, Mephisto, Out of Africa
1944 Eugene Terre Blanche, South Africa leader of Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging
1944 Army defeats Navy 10-7 in football "Arab Bowl," Oran, North Africa
1943 John Shepherd, cricketer, WI all-rounder 1969-71, later in South Africa
1943 Premier Churchill and General Marshall fly from U.S. to North Africa
1943 German and Italian forces in Africa surrender
1943 Axis forces in North Africa surrender
1943 German troops in Tunisia North Africa surrender
1943 British and U.S. Army link up in Africa during WW II
1943 Withdrawing Africa Corps reaches Mareth-line in North-Africa
1943 8th Army sweeps through North Africa to Tunisia
1943 Canadian Army troops arrive in North Africa
1942 North Africa: 5th German pantser army forms under col-gen von Arnim
1942 John Du Preez, cricketer, South Africa leg-spin all-rounder vs. Aust 1966-67
1942 Von Bismarck, German major general, (Africa Corps), dies in battle
1942 Dwight D. Eisenhower named commander for invasion of North Africa
1942 Gen B. Montgomery becomes commandant British 8th leader in North Africa
1942 "Chris" Martin Thembisile Hani, sec-gen, South Africa Communist Party
1942 Africa Corps occupy Egypt
1942 Rommel takes Tobruk in North Africa
1942 German troops conquer Tobruk, North Africa
1942 1st WW II American expeditionary force lands in Africa (Gold Coast)
1942 German army defeated at El-Alamein North Africa
1942 British offensive in North Africa under general Ritchie
1942 Adriaan van Dis, author/TV-host, Nathan Sid, In Africa
1941 German troops led by Rommel begin retreating in North Africa
1941 North Africa: allied assault up Italians Gazala-posing
1941 Marcus Garvey, U.S. black leader (Back to Africa Movement), dies at 52
1941 British generals O'Connor and Neame captured in North Africa
1941 British general Gambier-Parry caught in North Africa
1941 Germany begins a counter offensive in Africa
1941 German Africa Corps lands in Tripoli, Libya
1940 British troops 1st major offensive in No Africa (Libya) during WW II
1940 North Africa: British counter offensive under general O'Connor
1940 Manfred Mann, [Michael Lubowitz], South Africa, rocker, Mighty Quinn
1940 British Royal Navy sinks French fleet in North Africa
1940 Simon Hobday, born in Mareking, South Africa, PGA golfer, 1994 U.S. Senior Open
1940 Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, chairman, South Africa Prog Fed Party, 1979-86
1939 Christoffel "Stoffel" van de Merwe, South Africa minister of Education
1939 South Africa declares war on nazi-Germany
1939 Britain declares war on Germany. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, NZ, South Africa and Canada
1939 Smangaliso P Mkhatshwa, born in South Africa, sec-gen, Bishops' Conf 1983-88
1939 Geoff Griffin, cricketer, South Africa quick, hat-trick and chuck vs. Eng 1960
1939 Michael Macaulay, cricketer, Tvl, W Prov, OFS, NE Tvl, E Prov and South Africa
1939 Hugh Masekela, born in Wilbank, South Africa, trumpeter, I Am Not Afraid
1939 England draw with South Africa at Durban on the 10th day
1939 Janet Suzman, South Africa, actress, Dry White Season, Nuns on the Run
1938 Paul Gibb scores 106 on Test Cricket debut vs. South Africa
1938 Tom Goddard takes a cricket hat-trick for England vs. South Africa
1938 Wynne Bradburn, cricketer, father of Grant NZ batsman vs. South Africa 1964
1938 James Botten, cricketer, all-rounder in 1965 South Africa series vs. England
1938 Andreas J "Cat" Liebenberg, supreme commander, South Africa army
1937 Jacobus H "Koos" van de Merwe, South Africa attorney/CP parliament leader
1937 Grahame Chevalier, cricketer, one Test for South Africa 1970, 0 and 0*, 5-100
1936 David Pithey, cricketer, bro of Tony, South Africa all-rounder in 8 Tests
1936 M. A. "Kelly" Seymour, cricketer, South Africa off-spinner in 7 Tests 1963-70
1936 Amy Johnson arrives in Croydon England from South Africa in record 4d16h
1936 Grimmett ends his Test career with 13 wkts in 5th Test vs. South Africa
1936 Grimmett becomes world record wicket taker with no 190 vs. South Africa
1935 Test Cricket debut of "Chuck" Fleetwood-Smith vs. South Africa, Durban
1935 H B "Jock" Cameron, South Africa cricket capt (v England 1935, age 30), dies
1935 Gary J Player, Johannesburg South Africa, PGA golfer, Brit Open-1959, 68, 74
1935 Paul Barton, cricketer, NZ batsman in early 1960's, century vs. South Africa
1935 Zakes Mokae, Johannesburg South Africa, actor, Comedians
1935 Clive Halse, cricketer, South Africa fast bowler on 1963-64 Aust/NZ tour
1935 John J "Jannie" Geldenhuys, supreme commander South Africa army 1980-
1934 Harold Ralph Henning, Johannesburg South Africa, PGA golfer, 1966 Texas Open
1934 French Equatorial Africa constituted a single administrative unit
1934 Sydney Burke, cricketer, South Africa quick, 11 wkts on Test debut vs. NZ 1961
1932 Pieter G. Marais, South Africa minister of Education/Development aid
1932 Henry Bromfield, cricketer, South Africa off-spinner in 9 Tests 1961-65
1932 Athol Fugard, born in Middleburg, South Africa, anti-apartheid writer, Blood Knot
1932 Henry Taberer, cricket (bowl Trumper only Test wkt for South Africa), dies
1932 F. W. de Klerk, president South Africa, 1989-94
1932 Miriam Makeba, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, singer, Grammy 1965
1932 Aust beat South Africa in cricket by an inn in 5 hours 53 min playing time
1932 South Africa all out for 36 in 1st innings vs. Aust (Ironmonger 5-6)
1932 J P "Pom-Pom" Felloes-Smith, cricketer, South Africa batsman vs. England 1960
1932 Grimmett takes 14 wickets vs. South Africa (7-116 and 7-83)
1932 Bradman makes 299* vs South Africa, runs out partner going for 300th
1932 Grimmett 7-116 in South Africa 1st innings at Adelaide Oval
1932 Test debut of Bill O'Reilly, vs South Africa at Adelaide
1932 Bradman scores 167 for Australia vs. South Africa at the MCG
1931 Bradman scores 112 Australia vs. South Africa at cricket SCG
1931 Brit Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, NZ, South Africa, Ireland, Newfndlnd
1931 Bradman scores 219 NSW vs. South Africa, 234 mins, 15 fours
1931 Bradman scores 226, the 1st Test Cricket century at Gabba, vs. South Africa
1931 Bradman scores 135 NSW vs. South Africa, 128 mins, 15 fours
1931 Desmond Tutu, Anglican Archbishop of South Africa, Nobel Peace Prize 1982
1931 Hendrick J "Kobie" Coetsee, South Africa minister of Defense/Justice
1931 Alexander L "Alex" Boraine, South Africa vicar/MP
1930 Ian Leggat, cricketer, 1 Test vs. South Africa 1953-54 without distinction
1930 Elijah Barayi, head of South Africa union centre, COSATU
1929 Billy Nair, South Africa union/SACP leader, 20 years in Robbeneiland Prison
1929 Nicolaas Theunissen, South Africa cricket break bowler (2nd Test 1889), dies
1929 Ahmed "Kathy" Kathrada, leader of South Africa Communist Party
1929 Paul Winslow, cricketer, big-hitter for South Africa, 108 vs. England 1955
1929 Cuan McCarthy, cricketer, 36 Test wkts for South Africa, 1 career no-ball
1929 Ian Thomson, cricketer, England seam bowler vs. South Africa 1964-65
1927 Hedley Keith, cricketer, solid left-handed for South Africa in the 1950's
1927 Helenard J "Allan" Hendrickse, leader of South Africa Labour Party
1927 Eli van der Merwe Louw, South Africa minister of Transport/Manpower
1927 George Hunter, South Africa, light heavyweight boxer, Oly-gold-1948
1927 Sid O'Linn, cricketer, soccer for South Africa 1947, cricket 1960
1926 Gold discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa
1926 Gerrit A. Kooy, Dutch sociologist, Apartheid and work in South Africa
1926 Edgar Meuli, cricketer, opened NZ batting in Test vs. South Africa 1953
1925 Ruth Mompati, South Africa sec of Nelson Mandela/W Sisulu
1925 Alistair Taylor, cricketer, one Test as opening bat for South Africa 1956
1925 David Ironside, cricketer, South Africa swing bowler in 3 Tests vs. NZ 1953-54
1925 Ian Smith, cricket leg-spinner, South Africa 1947-58 avg 64.08
1925 Alex La Guma, Cape Town South Africa, novelist, A Walk in the Night
1924 Nigel Green, South Africa, actor, Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File
1924 Antonio Jacinto, Portuguese West Africa, Angolan poet
1924 England score 2-503 in day's play vs. South Africa at Lord's
1924 Test cricket ump debut for Frank Chester, vs. South Africa at Lord's
1924 South Africa all out 30 vs. England in 48 minutes, Gilligan 6-7
1924 Test Cricket debuts of Herbert Sutcliffe and Maurice Tate vs. South Africa
1924 Russell Endean, cricketer, 28 Tests for South Africa, handled the ball 1956
1924 Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co
1924 Henry M Fazzie, South Africa Union/UDF-leader
1923 Nadine Gordimer, Springs South Africa, novelist
1923 Glynis Johns, Pretoria South Africa, actress, Mary Poppins
1923 Britain takes over Southern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co
1922 Christiaan Barnard, South Africa, surgeon, perform 1st heart transplant
1922 Thomas T Nkobi, South Africa ANC-leader, Alexandra-bus boycott 1957
1922 Corneille [Cornelis G of Beverloo], Dutch painter, Africa, Antilles
1922 State of siege proclaimed during mine strike Johannesburg, South Africa
1921 Amilcar Cabral, worked for independence of Portuguese Africa
1921 Chuck Connors, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in Africa
1921 Willem J "Wim" the Villiers, South Africa minister of Administration
1921 Andries Treurnicht, [Dr. No], founder, South Africa Conservative Party
1920 South Africa receives League of Nations mandate over SW Africa
1920 Marcus Garvey presents his "Back To Africa" program in New York City
1920 British East Africa renamed Kenya and becomes a British crown colony
1920 1st flight from London to South Africa lands (1 month)
1920 Percy Mansell, cricketer, leg-spin all-rounder in 13 Tests for South Africa
1920 1st flight from London to South Africa takes-off
1919 General John Smuts becomes premier of South Africa
1919 Paris Peace Conference disposes of German colonies; German East Africa is assigned to Britain and France, German SW Africa to South Africa
1919 Lindsay Tuckett, cricketer, son of Len, 9 Tests for South Africa 1947-49
1918 Martin Hanley, cricketer, took 1-88 with off-spin in Test for South Africa
1918 Nelson Mandela, born in Qunu, South Africa, political prisoner, ANC, /President, 1994-
1918 Nelson Mandela, President, South Africa
1917 Jack Plimsoll, cricketer, South Africa lefty quick, 3-143 in only Test 1947
1917 William Shalders, South Africa cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies
1916 Belgian troops conquer Tabora, German East Africa
1916 Claude Newberry, South Africa cricket All-rounder (v England 1913-14), dies
1916 A. P. W. Botha, Orange Free State, president of South Africa
1915 Balthazar Johannes Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa, 1966-77
1915 Richard Kiepert, German cartographer (Africa), dies at 68
1915 Germany surrenders South West Africa to Union of South Africa
1915 Johannes J "Joop" Klant, Neth/South Africa economist, Madame Sans Gˆne
1914 Pro-German Boers begin opposition of British authority in South Africa
1914 South African troops land in German South West Africa
1914 Ted Moore, South Africa, cinematographer, James Bond
1914 Mahatma Gandhi's 1st arrest, campaigning for Indian rights in South Africa
1914 Dennis Dyer, cricketer, opened batting for South Africa vs. England 1947
1914 Archibald J Gumede, South Africa ANC member/chairman, UDF
1914 John Daly, South Africa, newscaster/TV game show host, What's My Line
1914 Wensley Pithey, Cape Town South Africa, actor, Winston Churchill-Ike
1913 Barnes takes 17 wickets vs South Africa (8-56 and 9-103)
1913 Mohandas K. Gandhi arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa
1913 Common tern banded in Maine; found dead in 1919 in Africa (1st bird known to have crossed the Atlantic)
1912 Jackie Matthews takes 2 cricket hat-tricks same day Aust vs. South Africa
1912 Arthur Beaumont C. Langton, cricketer, South Africa pace bowler of 1930's
1911 Norman Gordon, South Africa cricket pace bowler, against England 1938-39
1911 Geoff Chubb, cricketer, South Africa pace bowler vs. England 1951-52 aged 40
1911 Bill Murdoch, cricketer, dies while watching Aust vs. South Africa Test
1911 A. W. "Dooley" Briscoe, cricketer, batted in 2 Tests for South Africa 30's
1911 Peter A "Piet" Cronje, South Africa Boer general, dies at about 75
1911 South Africa's 1st win over Australia, at Adelaide
1911 Trumper scored double cricket ton vs. South Africa, goes on to get 214
1910 Cyril Cusack, Durban Natal South Africa, actor, Day of the Jackal
1910 Lennox Brown, cricketer, South Africa leg-spinner on 1931-32 Aust/NZ tour
1910 Start of South Africa's 1st F-C game in Aust (v S Aust) It rained
1910 Union of South Africa becomes a dominion
1910 Cape of Good Hope becomes part of Union of South Africa
1910 Union of South Africa declares independence from U.K.
1909 English King Edward VII signs South Africa Bill
1909 Eric Quail Davies, cricket pace bowler, 5 Tests for South Africa 1935-39
1909 Ronnie Grieveson, South Africa cricket keeper/batsman, 2 Tests vs. Eng 1939
1909 Flooi Du Toit, cricket leg-spinner (Test for South Africa 1892), dies
1909 Gerald Bond, cricketer, one Test South Africa vs. England 1938, 0 and 0-16
1909 Louis Hayward, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, actor, Lone Wolf, Survivors
1906 Eric Dalton, cricketer, 2 centuries in 15 Tests for South Africa 1929-39
1906 A J "Sandy" Bell, South Africa cricket fast bowler, 16 Tests 1929-35
1906 South Africa complete a 4-1 series drubbing of England
1906 H Algernon F "Algy" Rumbold, English diplomat, South Africa/Tibet
1906 Benedict Vilakazi, South Africa, poet/educator, Zulu-English Dictionary
1906 South Africa beat England by one wicket, their 1st Test win
1905 Matumbi rebellion at Samanga German East Africa
1905 Hermann von Wissmann, German explorer/governor of E Africa, dies at 51
1905 Whites win right to vote in South Africa
1905 World's largest diamond, Cullinan - 3106 carets, found in South Africa
1904 German SW Africa abolishes slavery of young children
1904 Jim Christy, righty cricket batter, Transvaal, Queensland and South Africa
1904 German-ltalian General Von Trotha defeats Herero in SW Africa
1904 Battle at Oviumbo Africa: Herero's chase away German army
1904 Herero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising
1903 French Equatorial Africa separates into Gabon, Chad and Ubangi-Shari
1903 William Plomer, Transvaal, author, Paper Houses, I Speak of Africa
1903 Frederick Lugard occupies Sokoto West Africa
1903 Frederick Lugard occupies Kano West Africa
1903 Alan Paton, South Africa, writer, Cry, the Beloved Country
1902 Commencement of 1st Test Cricket between South Africa and Australia
1902 Gideon Scheepers, South Africa Boer leader, executed
1901 Hendrik F. Verwoerd, premier South Africa, 1958-66, assassinated
1900 Lord Kitchener succeeds lord Roberts up as supreme commander in South Africa
1900 British General Buller occupies Lydenburg South Africa
1900 British annex Natal (South Africa)
1900 Last 2000 British prisoners in Nooitgedagt South Africa freed
1900 Ian Hunter, born in Capetown South Africa, actor, Dr. Blood's Coffin, White Unicorn
1900 Lord Roberts' army fights the Vaal in South Africa
1900 British troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa
1900 Battle at Poplar Grove South Africa, President Kruger flees
1900 George Labram, U.S. mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle
1900 Battle at Tugela-Spionkop, South Africa (Boers vs British army)
1899 Fieldmarshal Lord Roberts departs Southampton to South Africa
1899 Southampton: field marshal lord Roberts departures to South Africa
1899 Fieldmarshal Lord Roberts appointed British supreme commander in South Africa
1899 Battle at Colenso, South Africa (Boers-British army)
1899 British "Black Week" due to nederlagen in South Africa
1899 Battle at Storm Berge South Africa - Boers vs British army
1899 Harry Buller Siege Willis, son of South Africa boer in Ladysmith
1899 Battle at Rietfontein, South Africa: Boers vs British army
1899 British troops flee Dundee, Natal South Africa
1899 Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill departs to South Africa
1899 7000 lay-offs black mine workers of South Africa reach Natal
1899 South Africa Boer Republic declares war on England
1899 1st British troops reaches Durban South Africa
1899 South Africa President Kruger routes British authorities ultimatum
1899 Billy Butlin, South Africa, holiday camp promoter,
1899 1st British troops leave Bombay for South Africa
1899 British government sends an additional 10,000 troops to Natal South Africa
1899 South Africa all out 35 vs England (Trott 4-19, Haigh 6-11)
1897 Jacobus Petrus Duminy, cricketer, three Tests for South Africa 1927-29
1897 Hercules Robinson, South Africa Commissioner (1880-89,1895-97), dies at 72
1897 Cyril "Froggy" Francois, cricketer, South Africa all-rounder vs. Eng 1922-23
1897 Izak W van der Merwe, [Boerneef], South Africa writer, Tweetalige Woordeboek
1897 Dalton Parry Conyngham, cricketer, one Test South Africa vs. England 1923
1896 George Lohmann takes 9-28 vs. South Africa at Johannesburg
1896 George Lohmann takes a hat-trick vs. South Africa, 8-7 for inning
1896 South Africa all out for 30 vs. England - their lowest ever
1896 British troops occupy Kumasi, West Africa
1896 Battle at Doornkop, South Africa (Boers beat Dr. Jamesons troops)
1895 Izak Buys, cricketer, one Test for South Africa 1922, 0 and 4*, 0-52
1894 French capt Henri Decoeurs troops reach Nikki West Africa
1894 Cecil Kellaway, South Africa, actor, Mr Earnshaw-Wuthering Heights
1893 J M Blankenberg, cricketer, 60 wkts in 18 Tests for South Africa
1893 Jimmy Blanckenberg, cricket pace bowler, took 60 wickets for South Africa
1892 John MacBryan, cricketer, one Test Eng vs. South Africa 1924 DNBat, DNbowl
1892 Basil Rathbone, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, actor, Sherlock Holmes
1892 Monty Bowden, cricket Capt (England vs. South Africa 1889), dies at 26
1891 Kenneth A. N. Anderson, British general, Dunkerk, North Africa
1891 Cecil Dixon, cricket off-spinner, 1 Test for South Africa, 3-118, pair
1890 King Mwanga of Uganda signs contract with East Africa Company
1890 Horace Chapman, cricketer, leg-spin all-rounder for South Africa in 2 Tests
1889 Cecil Weston, South Africa, actor, Dude Ranch, Huckleberry Finn
1889 Bernard Tancred carries bat for 26* out of 47! South Africa vs. England
1889 Johnny Briggs took 15-26 (7-17 and 8-11) vs. South Africa at Newlands
1889 South Africa all out 47, then follow-on all out 43 vs. England
1889 Start of South Africa's 1st Test, vs. England, Port Elizabeth
1888 East Africa Company political and commercial rights
1888 Frank Buck, actor, Africa Screams, Tiger Queen, Tiger Fangs
1886 Jacob Pierneef, South Africa, painter
1885 Isak Dinesen, Danish writer, Out of Africa, 7 Gothic Tales
1885 Karen Blixen-Finecke, [Dinesen], Danish writer, Out of Africa
1885 Sydney Chaplin, born in South Africa, actor, Limelight
1884 Colonization of Africa orgainized at International conference in Berlin
1884 C "Ormy" C Pearse, cricketer, 3 Tests for South Africa in Australia 1910-11
1883 Harold Baumgartner, cricketer, one Test South Africa vs. England 1913
1881 Aubrey Faulkner, cricketer, great South Africa all-rounder early 20th cent
1881 Battle at Amajuba, South Africa: Boers vs. British army under Gen Colley
1879 Battle at Lydenburg South Africa: Gen Wolseley beats Sekhukhenes Pedi-Zulu
1879 Zulus attack British Army camp in Isandhlwana South Africa
1879 Zulu war against British colonial rule in South Africa begins
1878 Treaty of Berlin divide Africa up for colonization
1877 Henry Morton Stanley reaches Boma during trip cross Africa
1877 British annex Transvaal, in South Africa
1877 British annex Walvis Bay in southern Africa
1876 C B "Buck" Llewellyn, cricketer, South Africa lefty all-rounder 1896-1912
1876 Robert Dower, cricketer, 1 Test South Africa vs. England 1898, scored 0 and 9
1875 Verney Cameroon reaches East Africa
1875 Verney Cameron is 1st European to cross equitorial Africa
1875 Verney Cameroon reaches Benguela Angola, from Africa's east coast
1874 Joseph Willoughby, cricketer, 2 Tests for South Africa 1895-96
1874 J H "Biddy" Anderson, cricketer, one Test South Africa vs. Australia 1902
1873 David Livingstone, British physician/explorer (Africa), dies at 60
1871 Stanley presumes to meet Livingston in Ujiji, Central Africa
1871 Cameroon reaches coast of Angola after trip through Africa
1871 Great Britain annexes Griqualand South Africa
1871 Journalist Henry M. Stanley begins his famous expedition to Africa
1870 Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Prussian general/politician, East Africa
1868 J F "Flooi" Du Toit, cricketer, one Test South Africa 1892
1868 Britain annexed Basutoland in Africa
1868 Great Britain annexes Basutoland in Africa
1865 Heinrich Barth, German historian/geographer (Central Africa), dies
1865 Monty Bowden, cricketer, England Test capt vs. South Africa at 23
1865 Godfrey Cripps, cricketer, one Test South Africa vs. England 1892, 18 and 3
1862 Louis Botha, Greytown South Africa, 1st PM of South Africa, 1910-19
1862 W H "Gobo" Ashley, cricketer, 7 wkts in 1 Test for South Africa 1889
1860 Nancy Jones, U.S. black missionary in Africa
1859 Willem J. Leyds, Dutch/South Africa lawyer/politician/diplomat
1858 Frank Hearne, cricketer, bro of George and Alec, Eng and South Africa
1858 Sir Richard Burton and John Speake explore Lake Tanganyika, Africa
1856 Owen Dunell, cricketer, South Africa's 1st Test captain
1854 Christiaan R de Wet, South Africa, Boer General, Nicholsonsnek
1854 British recognize independence of Orange Free State (South Africa)
1853 Hermann von Wissmann, German Africa explorer/governor East-Africa
1852 Pierre Brazza, explorer/colonial administrator, French Africa
1852 British recognize independence of Transvaal (in South Africa)
1847 Stephanus J du Toit, South Africa theologist/journalist, Afr Bond
1846 Richard Kiepert, German cartographer, Africa
1843 Natal (in South Africa) is made a British colony
1841 35 Amistad survivors return to Africa
1841 Henry Stanley, England, journalist/explorer, found Livingston in Africa
1838 Boers beat Zulu chieftain Dingaan in South Africa
1831 Pieter J Joubert, general, South Africa
1824 Hercules Robinson, Ire, South Africa Commissioner, 1880-89, 1895-97
1824 Ashantees defeat British at Accra, West Africa
1822 Free American Blacks settle Liberia, West Africa
1821 Heinrich Barth, Hamburg Germany, geographer/explorer, Central Africa
1820 1st organized emigration of blacks back to Africa (New York to Sierra Leone)
1819 Marthinus Wessels Pretorius, 1st president, Republic South Africa
1813 David Livingstone, born in Scotland, explorer, found by Stanley in Africa
1795 British capture Capetown South Africa
1787 English slave ship Sisters, from Africa to Cuba, capsizes
1787 Philadelphia's Free Africa Society organizes
1771 Mungo Park, Scotish explorer, Africa
1652 Dutch establish settlement at Cape Town, South Africa
1652 Cape Colony, the 1st European settlement in South Africa, established
1637 WIC-colonel Hans Koin conquerors Fort Elmina, West Africa
1560 Christian fleet under Gian Andrea lands at Djerba, North Africa
1460 Treaty of Alcacovas-Portugal gives Castile Canary Is for W Africa
1304 Muhammad ibn Battutah, Arab travel writer, Travels in Asia and Africa
354 [Christian] Aurelius Augustine, bp of Hippo in Roman Africa
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