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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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