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2009 Helen Suzman, dies in Johannesburg, South Africa, at 91
2007 Ian Smith, dies in Capetown, South Africa, at 88 2006 Han Myung-sook elected Prime Minister of South Korea 2005 Carroll A. Campbell, Jr., Representative-R-South Carolina, 1979 - 1986, Governor of South Carolina 1987 - 1995 2005 South Africa is the 5th country to recognize same-sex marriages 2004 Brenda Fassie, South African Musician 2003 Strom Thurmond, Senator-R-South Carolina 1956 - 2003, Governor South Carolina 1947 - 1951, dies at 100 from heart faliure 2003 Arsonist set a fire in a trian station in Daegu, South Korea kills nearly 200 2002 Air China flight 129 crashes into a mountain near Pusan, South Korea killing 128 2001 Dr. Christiaan Barnard, surgeon, ", performed the first heart transplant, South Africa 1967, ", dies at 78 2000 Harry Oppenheimer, South African Businessman 1999 Mary Kay Bergman, cartoon voice, South Park, dies at 38 1998 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Charleston South Carolina on WAVF 96.1 FM 1997 South African and U.S. surgeons separate Zambian Siamese twins joined at the head 1997 Beam Dai, head of South Vietnam (1949-55), dies 1997 14 North Koreans defect to South Korea 1997 South Africa announces it is constructing largest modern day blimp 1996 South Africa's Constitutional Assembly adopts permanent post-apartheid constitution 1996 South Africa defeat Pakistan to win the Pepsi Cup in Sharjah 1996 South Australia grab exciting draw vs W A to win Sheffield Shield 1996 Gary Kirsten scores 188* for South Africa vs. UAE at Rawalpindi 1996 Harold Wolpe, sociologist lawyer/South African activist, dies at 70 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 Northwestern South Carolina begins using new area code 864 1995 Allan Donald takes 8-71 as South Africa defeat Zimbabwe 1995 Susan Smith found guilty of drowning her 2 children in South Carolina 1995 In South Africa, 104 miners killed in an elevator accident 1995 Gas explosion in South Korean metro, 103 die 1995 Dean Jones completes 324* for Victoria vs. South Australia 1995 10,000s South Africans attend state funeral of Joe Slovo 1995 Joe Slovo, Latvian/South African attorney/secretary-general (SACR), dies at 68 1995 Gerard W. Taylor, South African/British surgeon, dies at 74 1995 Carquest Bowl 5: South Carolina beats West Virginia, 24-21 1994 Johannes J "Joop" Klant, Netherlands/South African economist/author, dies 1994 Charles Fortune, South African cricket commentator, dies 1994 Total solar eclipse in South America (4m23s) 1994 Ben Mokoena becomes 1st black mayor of Middelburg South Africa 1994 South African President Nelson Mandela visits US 1994 Space probe Ulyssus passes south pole of Sun 1994 South African President Nelson Mandela receives Anne Frank Penning 1994 South Africa reclaims its seat in U.N. 1994 South Yemen secedes from Yemen 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 North-Yemen air force bombs Aden South Yemen 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 is 1st black South African to vote 1994 Inkatha ends boycott of South African multi-racial election 1994 Ken Oosterbroek, South African press photographer, shot dead at 32 1994 South African Government/ANC take power in Ciskei homeland 1994 Zulu-king Goodwill Zwelithini founds realm in South Africa 1994 South Africa Goldstone committee reveals existence of secret police 1994 John Harrison, South African correspondent (BBC), dies at 48 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 Lu Parker, (South Carolina), crowned 43rd Miss USA 1994 Australia beat South Africa 2-1 to win the World Series Cup 1994 Chung Il Kwon, Prime Minister of South Korea 1964 - 1970, dies 1994 South Africa beat Australia in the Sydney Test by 5 runs 1994 Battles between army and rebellious indians in South Mexico, kill 57 1993 Thomas Mogotlane, South African actor (Mapantsula), dies at 40 1993 Black and white leaders in South Africa approve new democratic constitution 1993 Antonov AN-124 flies in South Iran against mountain: 17 killed 1993 Howard Stern radio show premieres in Myrtle Beach South Carolina on WYAV 104.1 FM 1993 Nelson Mandela and South Africa President F W de Klerk awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1993 Ferry boat leaves for west coast of South Korea, 120 killed 1993 U.N. lifts remaining economic sanctions against South Africa 1993 Kimberly Clarice Aiken, 18, Miss South Carolina wins 67th Miss America 1993 Day of Peace in South Africa 1993 Amy Biehl, U.S. activist in South Africa, murdered at 26 1993 Boeing 737-500 crashes in South Korea, 66 killed 1993 Israeli offensive against terrorist bases in South Lebanon 1993 Denis Tomlinson, South Africa cricket leg-spinner, dies 1993 Methane gas explosion in Secunda coal mine South Africa, kills 50 1993 South Africa agrees to multi-racial elections 1993 Andries Treurnicht, founder South Africa Conservative Party, dies at 72 1993 Fire in psychiatric institute in South Korea, kills 40 1993 George Mickelson, Governor of South Dakota, and 7 others, die in a plane crash 1993 Sam Ntombani, ANC-secretary in Soweto South Africa, shot to death 1993 Chris Hani, Secretary-General South Africian Communist Party, assassinated at 50 1993 New South Wales beat Qld by eight wkts to win Sheffield Shield 1993 South Africa White Wolves kill 5 year old black girl 1993 Daniel H Craven, South African rugby coach, dies 1992 Helen B M Fennell Joseph, English/South Afr anti-apartheid, dies at 87 1992 Erling Kagge begins successful exploration at South pole 1992 Mud storm kills 30 in South France 1992 Heavy storm in South France, 34 die 1992 Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida; 35 die 1992 Andre de Villiers, South African, murdered 1992 Inkhata-blood bath in Boipatong South Africa 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 Libby [Elizabeth] Callahan, Columbia, South Carolina, sport pistol 1996 Olympics 1992 Simon Brand, South African banker/adviser to President De Klerk, dies 1992 Paul Simon opens a tour in South Africa 1991 June Storey, actress (South of the Border), dies of cancer at 73 1991 Headman Tshabalala, South Afr singer (Ladysmith Black Mambazo), dies 1991 South Africa's 1st cricket international since 1970 - one-day vs. India 1991 Sam Ntuli, South African ANC-writer, murdered 1991 U.N. admits Estonia, Latvia, Lithuiania, North and South Korea, Marshall Islands and Micronesia 1991 1st South African international competition in 25 years, gymnastics 1991 Nelson Mandela chosen president of South African ANC 1991 South Africa readmitted to Olympics 1991 South Africa abolishes last of its apartheid laws 1991 South Florida and Denver picked for 1993 NL franchises 1991 Roh Jai Bong resigns as premier of South Korea 1991 South African activist Winnie Mandela convicted of abducting 4 blacks 1991 Europe foreign ministers lift most remaining sanctions against South Africa 1991 North and South Korea form a joint team for table tennis competition 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 Center for Urban archaeology opens in New York City South Street Seaport Museum 1990 South African president F W de Klerk meets President Bush in Washington D.C. 1990 Commuter train at Johannesburg South Africa attacked, 36 die 1990 South Africa Communist Party begins 1st legal conference 1990 South Africa worker's union leader Billy Nair arrested 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 South African troops plunder Mandela's dwelling 1990 North and South Yemen merge to form Republic of Yemen 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 Lisa Leslie of Morningside HS in Inglewood California scores 101 in 1st half, South Torrance HS decides not to play 2nd half and loses 102-24 1990 South Africa's President FW de Klerk promises to free Nelson Mandela and legalizes ANC and 60 other political orgs 1990 Annular eclipse visible over Antarctica and South Atlantic 1990 South Africa says its reconsidering ban on African National Congress 1989 -18 degrees F in Denver, -23 degrees F in Kansas City, Missouri, -42 degrees F in Scottsbluff Nebraska -47 degrees F in Hardin Mont and -60 degrees F in Black Hills South Dakota 1989 Geoff Marsh completes 355* for WA against South Australia 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 South african ANC-founder/leader Walter Sisulu freed 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 South African President Pieter Botha visits ANC leader Nelson Mandela 1989 23 year old olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires 1989 Nelson Mandela receives a BA from University of South Africa 1989 David Webster, South African white anti-apartheids activist, murdered 1989 South African/British Olympic runner Zola Budd marries 1989 FW de Klerk replaces Botha as South Africa's National Party leader 1989 Augusto Alcalde, 1st South American Zen teacher, receives Dharma Transmission 1989 Murden and Metz are 1st women to reach South Pole overland (on skis) 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 South Korean coaches attack New Zealand referee after disputing his decision, Olympic Korean boxer stages a 67 minute sit-in 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 South African government bans anti-apartheid film "Cry Freedom" 1988 Winnie Mandella's home in Soweto, South Africa destroyed by arson 1988 Alan Paton, South African Novelist 1988 South Korea adopts constitution 1988 South African apartheid regime bans the UDF 1987 Roh Tae Woo elected president of South Korea 1987 South African Airways Boeing 747 crashes into Indian Ocean, 159 die 1987 South Africa ANC-leader Govan Mbeki freed 1987 South Korean voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution 1987 South Africa frees Dutch anthropologist/Anc'er Klaas de Young 1987 South Africa longest mine strike in history ends 1987 50 white South Africans meets ANCers in Dakar 1987 1 million South Koreans demonstrate against Chun Doo Hwan regime 1987 David Hookes (306*) Wayne Phillips make 462 stand for South Australia 1986 WIS-AM in Columbia South Carolina changes call letters to WVOC (now WOMG) 1986 South African journalist Zwelakhe Sisulu arrested 1986 South Africa censors press 1986 International Red Cross ousted from South Africa 1986 IBM re-forms in South Africa 1986 Fire in Kinross gold mine, Transvaal South Africa, 177 killed 1986 South African journalist Zwelakhe Sisulu arrested 1986 1 day general strike in South Africa 1986 President Reagan criticizes South African state of emergency 1986 P. W. Botha declares South African national emergency 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 South African army occupies Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia 1986 South African President P W Botha sends Coetsee to visit Mandela 1986 South Africa emergency crisis in Brabant and Limburg ends 1986 Haydar Bakr al-Attas appointed president of South Yemen 1986 South Yemen Premier Haydar Bakr al-Attas becomes interim-president 1986 South Yemen President Ali Nasser Mohammed's bodyguard shoots opponents 1985 South Africa's Cosatu union centre forms 1985 Benjamin Moloisi, South African poet/Anc'er, hanged at 30 1985 President Reagan bans importation of South African Krugerrands 1985 South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands adopts constitution 1985 President Reagan orders sanctions against South Africa 1985 South African attorney/UDF leader "Dulah" Omar arrested 1985 Hanspeter Beck of South Australia, finishes a 3,875 mile, 51 day trip from Western Australia to Melbourne on a unicycle 1985 Anti-apartheid lawyer Bulelani Ngcuka marries in South Africa 1985 Sandy Bell, South African cricket pace bowler (16 Tests), dies 1985 South Africa police arrested Dutch ANC'er Klaas de Jong 1985 Jack Robertson, South Africa cricket spinner (3 Tests vs. Australia 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 Bloodbath at Langa (Uitenhage) South Africa, 19 killed 1985 South Africa President PW Botha offers to free Mandela if he denounces violence 1985 -19 degrees F (-28 degrees C), Caesar's Head, South Carolina (state record) 1984 South African Bishop Desmond Tutu received his Nobel Peace Prize 1984 Bob Holland takes 9-83 for NSW against South Australia, SCG 1984 President Reagan vetoes sanctions against South Africa 1984 South Africa adopts constitution 1984 South African election for parliament boycvotted 1984 South Africa prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for 1st time in 22 years 1984 Jimmy Kenndy, British songwriter (South of the Border), dies 1984 South Africa and Mozambique sign non attack treaty 1984 Dick Whitington, journalist/cricketer (South Australia and AIF bat), dies 1984 Worker's union leader Billy Nair freed in South Africa 1983 4 South Korean government ministers assassinated in Rangoon Burma 1983 Sun Suk Joon, South Korean vice premier, murdered 1983 South Africa worker's union leader Curnick Ndlovu freed after 19 years 1983 Balthasar J "John" Vorster, South African premier (1966-78), dies at 67 1983 Lennox Brown, cricket leg spinner (3 wickets at 63 for South Africa), dies 1983 Supertanker Castillo de Bellvar crashes at South Africa 1983 John Sain of South Bend, Indiana builds 3.91 m house of cards 1983 2nd NCAA Womens Basketball Championship: South California beats LA Tech 69-67 1982 South Bend, Indiana jury acquits self-avowed racist Joseph Paul Franklin 1982 Ruth Voorst, South African (A World Apart), killed by letter bomb 1982 Frank Nicholson, South African cricket wicket-keeper (1935-36), dies 1982 -117 degrees F; All time low at South Pole 1982 Israel attacks targets in south Lebanon 1982 Reverend A Treurnicht forms Conservative Party of South Africa 1982 Neil Aggett, South African worker's union leader, commits suicide 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 Failed coup by South African mercenaries in Seychelles 1981 Griffiths Mxenge, South Afr's anti-apartheid advocate, murdered 1981 Seoul, South Korea is selected to host 1988 Summer Olympics 1981 Phillies minor leaguer Jeff Stone steals pro baseball record 121st base en route to 122 (Spartanburg (South Atlantic League)) 1981 Heaviest known orange (2.5 kg) exhibited, Nelspruit, South Africa 1980 46th Heisman Trophy Award: George Rogers, South Carolina (RB) 1980 New South Korean constitution comes into effect 1980 South Korea opposition leader Kim Dae Jung sentenced to death 1980 Chon Doo Hwan elected President of South Korea 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 South Korean police ends people's uprising; 2,000 killed 1980 Shawn Weatherly, (South Carolina (will win Miss Universe), crowned 29th Miss USA 1980 Angela Nikodinov, Spartanburg, South Carolina, figure skater, 1997 Pacif Sr champ 1980 Tatewin Means, Miss South Dakota Teen USA 1996 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) 1979 Park Chung-hee, South Korean President, assassinated 1979 Elizabeth Bishop, poet (North and South, Pulitzer 1956), dies at 68 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 1979 Sioux nation receives $100 million in compensation for Black Hills, South Dakota 1979 South African President Vorster resigns due to scandal 1979 Rebecca Stoyel, born in South Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics 1979 Juli Keech, Miss South Dakota Teen USA, 1997 1979 War between North and South Yemen begins 1978 People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South) adopts constitution 1978 Pieter Botha succeeds Vorster as premier of South Africa 1978 Caroline Nicole Brigman, Miss South Carolina Teen USA 1997 1978 Margaret Gardiner, of South Africa, crowned 27th Miss Universe 1978 South Africa military goes into Angola 1978 43 die as 2 express trains collide head-on south of Bologna, Italy 1978 Wendy Christina Roberts, Miss South Carolina Teen USA, 1996 1978 Operation Litani: Israeli offensive in South Lebanon 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 Steven Biko, South African black student leader, dies in police custody 1977 Jayme Dickman, South Bend, Indiana, 3x20 rifle 1996 Olympics 1977 South Carolina Heerenveen soccer team forms in Heerenveen 1977 Bloody riots in Soweto South Africa 1977 Paul "Goggo" Adams, cricketer, lefty very unorthodox bowler for South Africa 1977 Sara Walsh, South Bend, Indiana, fencer-foil 1996 Olympics 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 Formal reunification of North and South Vietnam 1976 Student uprisings begin in Soweto, South Africa, Soweto Day 1976 Anti-apartheid advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza arrested in South Africa 1976 South African troops leave Angola 1975 Matt LeCroy, Anderson, South Carolina, baseball catcher 1996 Olympics bronze 1975 Mayim Winkelman Bialik, South Dakota, actress, Blossom, Beaches 1975 6 South Molukkans occupy Indonesian consulate in The Hague, 1 dead 1975 7 South Moluccans hijack train at Wijster Drente, 3 killed 1975 Stephanie Camp, Rapid City, South Dakota, Miss America-SD 1997 1975 Battle between Cuba and South Africa troops in Angola 1975 Melchior Schoenmakers, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1975 Jacques Kallis, cricketer, South African Test all-rounder vs. England 1995 1975 Jan Harm Schippers, Dutch soccer player: South Carolina Heerenveen, Veendam 1975 John Harm Skippers, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1975 Mbali Gasa, Miss South Africa Universe 1997 1975 Il-62 crashes south of Damascus, Syria, killing 126 1975 U.S. vetoes proposed admission of North and South Vietnam to U.N. 1975 Charlize Theron, South African Actress 1975 Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam established 1975 Caresa Winters, Miss South Dakota USA 1996 1975 Farm truck packed with wedding party struck by a train, killing 66 in truck, 40 miles south of Poona, India 1975 Last South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years 1975 Angela Michelle Hughes, born in Anderson, South Carolina, Miss America-South Carolina 1997 1975 Temoc Suarez, born in Greenwood, South Carolina, soccer forward, 1996 Olympics gold 1975 Vietcong conquer Ban me Thuot South Vietnam 1974 Orlando Fuentes, Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, half-lightweight judoka 1996 Olympics 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 Geert Jelle de Vries, Dutch soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1974 South Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination 1974 Mrs Park Chung Hi, wife of South Korean president, murdered 1974 Lysa Jackson, Miss South Carolina USA 1996 1974 Tony Alberda, Dutch soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen, Emmen 1974 Mark Harrity, cricketer, promising South Australia left-arm fast bowler 1974 Herschelle Gibbs, cricketer, South African Test batsman 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 Melissa Deanne Holiday, Greenwood, South Carolina, playmate, Jan, 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 1973 Ben Johnson, cricketer, promising South Australian opening batsman 1973 Shaun Pollock, cricketer, son of Peter South African Test quick 1995- 1973 Daniel Marsh, cricketer, son of Rod South Australia slow lefty since 1993 1973 Ellsworth Bunker resigns as U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam 1973 Nico Boje, cricketer, South African ODI left-arm spinner 1996 1973 Bert Zuurman, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1973 American Indian Movement occupy Wounded Knee in South Dakota 1973 Terrell Wade, born in Rembert, South Carolina, pitcher, Atlanta Braves 1973 US, North and South Vietnam and Vietcong sign boundary accord 1973 Amanda Elizabeth Spivey, Spartanburg, South Carolina, Miss America-South Carolina 1996 1972 Marcos Ondruska, South Africa, tennis star 1972 Kimberlee Ann McKay, Belle Fourche, South Dakota, Miss America-SD 1996 1972 U.S. Army turns over Long Bihn base to South Vietnamese army 1972 Passenger train derails killing 48 (Rust Stasie South Africa) 1972 Robert KJE Antonissen, South African literary, dies at 53 1972 Sidney Pegler, cricket leg spinner (leading South Africa prior to WWI), dies 1972 Chris Imes, South Paris Maine, U.S. hockey defenseman 1994 Olympics 1972 Max Theiler, South Africa/U.S. microbiologist (vaccin-Nobel 1951), dies at 73 1972 Edward Reevey, St. John NB, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 South Carolina Intercol 1972 14" of rain in 6 hours burst Rapid City, South Dakota dam, drowns 237 1972 Tswanaland becomes Bophuthatswana in South Africa 1972 Overloaded South Korean bus plunges into reservoir, killing 77 1972 Vietcong forms revolutionary government in Quang Tri South Vietnam 1972 North Vietnamese troops enter South Vietnam 1972 Chris Borg, born in Lexington South Carolina, canoe, alternate in 1996 Olympics 1972 Julian H Steward, U.S. anthropologist (South American), dies at 70 1972 Section of Memphis' Highway 51 South renamed Elvis Presley Blvd 1971 People's Republic of South Yemen renames itself People's Democratic Republic of Yemen 1971 Amanda Coetzer, born in Hoopstad, South Africa, tennis star, 1996 Australia semi 1971 Wayne Ferreira, Johannesburg South Africa, tennis star, Munich 1995 1971 William Deering, Jr., South Bend Indiana, pole vaulter 1971 Michael Tucker, born in South Boston, Virginia, outfielder for the Kansas City Royals 1971 International Court of Justice asks South Africa to pull out of Namibia 1971 Joey Gullion, Gallopolis, Ohio, Nike golfer, NIKE South Carolina Classic-18th 1971 North Vietnam demands U.S. end aid to South Vietnam 1971 South Africa national debt hits 5.45 billion 1971 Lara Logan, South African Journalist 1971 Mariaan de Swardt, born in Johannesburg, South Africa tennis star, 1996 3rd round Australia 1971 George Wood, England cricket wicketkeeper (v South Africa 1924), dies 1971 South Vietnamese troops flee Laos 1971 South African Broadcasting lifts its ban on the Beatles 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 1971 12,000 South Vietnamese troops cross into Laos 1971 South Vietnamese troops invade Laos 1970 Edwin Huizinga, Dutch soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen, Emmen 1970 Independent People's Republic of South Yemen becomes People Democratic Republic of Yemen 1970 Glenn Murray, Manning, South Carolina, outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies 1970 Brett Schultz, cricket pace bowler, South African Test 1970 Wilco Hellinga, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1970 Steven Jack, cricketer, South African pace bowler 1994-95 1970 British expedition climbs south face of Annapurna I 1970 South Africa excluded from Olympic play 1970 50,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops invade Cambodia 1970 William Martin III, born in Charleston, South Carolina, finn yachter, Olympics-23rd-1996 1970 Olaf Kolzig, born in Johannesbourg, South Africa, NHL goalie for the Washington Capitals 1970 2 men begin ascent of south face of Annapurna I, highest final stage in a wall climb in world 1970 Brett Liddle, born in Boksburg, South Afrrica, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Newcastle 1970 South Africa complete 4-0 series drubbing of Australia 1970 John Lennon pays 1,344 pounds fine for 96 protesting South African rugby team playing in Scotland 1970 Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa vs. Australia, Durban 1970 Test debut of Barry Richards, South Africa vs. Australia, Cape Town 1970 Tom Sier, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1969 Anthuan Maybank, Georgetown, South Carolina, 200m/400m runner 1969 Antoon Kuil, soccer player, Veendam, South Carolina Heerenveen 1969 1968 massacre of civilians at Mylai South Vietnam, by U.S. is 1st reported 1969 Theodore Ernest Els, Johannesburg South Africa, PGA golfer, 1994 U.S. Open 1969 Hansie Cronje, cricket captain, solid South African batsman 1969 Bart Spark, soccer player, Veendam, South Carolina Heerenveen 1969 Errol Stewart, South African cricket wicket-keeper, limited-over 1993 1969 Jonty Rhodes, South African cricket batsman, brilliant fielder 1969 Erik Tammer, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen, Go Ahead Eagles 1969 Melissa Gurney, born in California, tennis player, Virginia Slims of, South Dakota, 1986 1969 Johan Hansma, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1969 Australian aircraft carrier "Melbourne" slices U.S. destroyer "Frank E. Evans" in half, killing 74 (South Vietnam) 1969 South African president Frederik de Klerk marries Marike Willemse 1969 Brian Williams, Lancaster, South Carolina, pitcher, Detroit Tigers, Astros 1969 Retief Goosen, South African Athlete 1968 Jennifer Palmquest, Wilmot, South Dakota, Miss SD-America 1991 1968 Joe Scuderi, cricketer, South Australian all-rounder 1968 Elna Reinach, Pretoria South Africa, tennis star 1968 Jeffrey Kooistra, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen/NEC 1968 Marco Roelofsen, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1968 Craig Kanada, born in Portland, Oregon, Nike golfer, 1994 NIKE South Carolina Classic-3rd 1968 Michel Doesburg, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1968 Daniel Dae Kim, South Korean Actor 1968 Gram Parson refuses to play with the Byrds in South Africa 1968 Theo de Raadt, South African Scientist 1968 Tim Neilsen, cricket wicket-keeper, South Australian 1991 1968 South Africa Boeing 707 crashes at Windhoek, 122 killed 1968 Douglas Evans, actor (South Pacific Trail), dies in Hollywood 1968 Uprising in South Yemen 1968 Clare Wood, born in Zululand, South Africa, tennis star, 1986 Futures-Lisbon 1968 Dinky van Rensburg, South Africa, tennis star 1968 Rene Groen, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1968 Erik Regtop, Dutch soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1968 Officers kill 3 students demonstrating in South Carolina State (Orangeburg) 1968 Theophilus E Donges, South Afr Internal minister, dies at 69 1968 John de Visser, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1967 Doug Johns, South Bend, Indiana, pitcher for the Oakland A's 1967 1st human heart transplant performed (Dr. Christian Barnard, South Africa) 1967 Reggie Sanders, Florence, South Carolina, outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds 1967 People's Rep of South Yemen (Aden) gains independence from Britain 1967 British troops withdraw from Aden and South Yemen 1967 Gary Kirsten, cricketer, South African lefty opening batsman 1993- 1967 Kelly Gallagher, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, playmate, Sep, 1994 1967 Chris Patton, Fountain Inn, South Carolina, Nike golfer, 1993 New Mexico Charity Classic 1967 U.S. troops conquer Loc Ninh South Vietnam 1967 Nguyen Van Thieu took oath of office as 1st President of South Vietnam 2nd Rep 1967 Oswald Drawdy, Hampton, South Carolina, Canadian Tour golfer, 1987 South Carolina Amateur 1967 WEBA TV channel 14 in Allendale, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Nguyen Van Thieu elected President of South Vietnam under a new constitution 1967 WJPM TV channel 33 in Florence, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand meet to form Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) 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 Rudi Steyn, cricketer, South African opening batsman 1995 1967 Government bans submarines near South Africa 1967 Daryll Cullinan, South African cricketer, batsman Warne's bunny 1967 Queen Elizabeth Hall (South Bank Center) opens in London 1967 25,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, offensive to smash Viet Cong stronghold near Cambodian border 1967 Shannon Butler, South Lake Tahoe California, 10k runner 1966 Clive Eksteen, cricketer, South African slow left-armer 1993 1966 Rosalyn Fairbank, South Africa, tennis player 1966 U.N. deprives South Africa of Namibia 1966 Allan Donald, cricketer, great South African fast bowler 1966 Elana Meyer, [van Zyl], South Africa, runner, Olympics-silver-92 1966 Johannes Balthazar Vorster sworn in as premier of South Africa 1966 Hendrik F Verwoerd, South African Prime Minister 1958 - 1966, assassinated at 64 1966 WRLK TV channel 35 in Columbia, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Debra Lewin, born in South Burlington, Vermont, Miss Vermont-America 1991 1966 Radio Free Asia (South Korea) begins radio transmission 1966 S J "Tip" Snooke, South Africa cricket all-rounder (26 Tests 1905-23), dies 1966 South Arican Broadcasting bans Beatles (Lennon's anti-Jesus remark) 1966 South African government bans Beatle records 1966 Carlo L'Ami, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1966 Warren Sallenback, South Surrey BC, cyclist 1996 Olympics 1966 Meyrick Pringle, cricket pace bowler, South African 1966 Bill Spiers, born in Orangeburg, South Carolina, infielder for the Houston Astros 1966 Zola Budd Pieterse, Bloemfontein South Africa, track star 1988 Olympics 1966 South Vietnamese army battle Buddhists, about 80 die 1966 Federal education funding is denied to 12 school districts in the South because of violations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act 1966 Radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting 1966 Sumokil, president of Republic South Moluccas, executed 1966 South Africa government bans Defense and Aid Fund 1966 Andrew Hudson, cricketer, South Africa, 163 on debut vs WI 1992 1966 Tertius Bosch, cricketer, South African pace bowler 1992 1966 Lyndon Baines Johnson says U.S. should stay in South Vietnam until communist aggression ends 1965 Mary Waddell Gainey, Hartsville, South Carolina, Miss SC-America, 1991-2nd 1965 Andy Dick, Charleston, South Carolina, actor, Matthew-Newsradio 1965 South Africa government says children of white fathers are white 1965 Katrina McClain, Charleston, South Carolina, basketball forward, 1996 Olympics gold 1965 Aldo Swager, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1965 South Africa begins economic boycott of Dutch products 1965 South Vietnam General Nguyen Cao Kentucky succeeds Phan Huy Quat as premier 1965 Bomb destroys USAF base Bien Hoa South Vietnam 1965 1st large-scale U.S. Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam 1965 South Africa worker's union leader Henry Fazzie sentenced to 10 years 1965 Andrew Hudson, South African cricket player 1965 John Commins, cricketer, South African Test batsman vs. New Zealand 1994-95 1965 Craig Matthews, cricket pace bowler, South African Test 1965 David Callaghan, cricketer, South African all-rounder in one-dayers 1992 1965 South Vietnam military coup under general Nguyen Khanh 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 Perry Parker, South Laguna Beach California, golfer, 1992 Xerox BC Open 1964 British Labour Party installs weapon embargo against South Africa 1964 Tran Van Huong appointed premier of South Vietnam 1964 Pieter Axe, soccer player, FC Utrecht/South Carolina Heerenveen 1964 Fanie De Villers, cricketer, great South African pace bowler 1993- 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 Mary-Louise Parker, Ft. Jackson, South Carolina, actress, Fried Green Tomatoes 1964 General Maxwell Taylor appointed U.S. ambassador in South Vietnam 1964 Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison in South Africa 1964 Doug Strange, born in Greenville, South Carolina, infielder for the Seattle Mariners 1964 R T Stanyforth, English cricket wicketkeeper (South Africa 1927-28), dies 1964 Sam Graddy, Gaffney, South Carolina, 4x100m runner 1984 Olympics gold 1964 Military coup of General Nguyen Khanh in South Vietnam 1964 Ronnie McCann, Evander South Africa, Nike golfer, 1993 Hawkeye-37th 1964 Brenda Fassie, South African Musician 1963 Bryan McMillan, cricketer, brilliant South African all-rounder since 1992 1963 Tsjoi Doo Sun forms government in South Korea 1963 Ian Meckiff no-balled for throwing against the South Africans 1963 Ngo Dinh Diem, president of South Vietnam (1955-63), murdered at 62 1963 South Africa begins trial of Nelson Mandela and 8 others on conspiracy 1963 WITV TV channel 7 in Charleston, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1963 WNTV TV channel 29 in Greenville, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1963 Mary Ann Fischer, Aberdeen, South Dakota, gave birth to America's 1st surviving quintuplets, 4 girls and a boy 1963 Martial law declared in South Vietnam, following raids on Buddhist pagodas 1963 Scott Dunlap, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Canadian Tour golfer, 1995 South Africa Masters 1963 South African ANC Walter Sisulu/Andrew Mlangeni/Govan Mbeki arrested 1963 Perry Richardson, South Carolina, bassist, Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime 1963 South African worker's union leader Billy Nair arrested 1963 South Africa worker's union leader Curnick Ndlovu arrested 1963 Arnold Oosterveer, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1963 Erling Kagge, Norway, explorer, South Pole 1963 Ashley Chinner, Cape Town South Africa, golfer, 1992 CGIA Canadian Tour 1962 Jon Tenney, actor, Brooklyn South 1962 John Samuel Inman, Greensboro, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1993 Buick South Open 1962 Gary Rusnak, Orangeburg, South Carolina, Nike golfer, 1994 NIKE Permian Basin-2nd 1962 U.N. General Assembly adopts resolution condemning South Africa 1962 WCIV TV channel 4 in Charleston, South Carolina (NBC) begins broadcasting 1962 Christo van Rensburg, South Africa, tennis star 1962 Nelson Mandela arrested for incitement and illeagally leaving South Africa 1962 Nelson Mandela captured by South African police 1962 Lucky Dube, South African reggae singer 1962 Gertjan Verbeek, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1962 South Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes 1962 Maarten de Young, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1962 Philip Jonas, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Payless-2nd 1961 Caroline Gowan, Greenville, South Carolina, LPGA golfer, South Carolina Women's Amat-1981, 83 1961 John F. Kennedy provides U.S. miltary helicopters and crews to South Vietnam 1961 South Africa vs. New Zealand, Durban debuts for Eddie Barlow and Peter Pollock 1961 John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam 1961 Emergency crisis proclaimed in South Vietnam due to commun attack 1961 Volcano eruptions on Tristan de Cunha (South Atlantic) 1961 WOLO TV channel 25 in Columbia, South Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting 1961 Dillard Pruitt, Greenville, South Carolina, PGA golfer, 1991 Chattanooga Classic 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 13 Freedom riders began bus trip through South 1961 South Africa ANC-leader John Nkadimeng arrested 1961 U.N. General Assembly condemns South Africa's apartheid 1961 South Africa leaves British Commonwealth 1961 South Africa withdraws from British Commonwealth 1961 U.S. nuclear submarine Patrick Henry arrives at Scottish naval base of Holy Loch from South Carolina in a record underseas journey of 66 days 22 hours 1961 Roger Wessels, born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, golfer, 1994 Canadian Masters 1960 Piet Keur, Dutch soccer player/trainer, South Carolina Heerenveen, AZ 1960 Catherine G Coleman, Charleston, South Carolina, Phd/Captain USAF/astronaut, STS-73 1960 Coup against South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem fails 1960 Rosalyn Nideffer, Durban South Africa, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Midland MI 1960 Mandy Yachad, cricketer, South African ODI opening batsman 1991 1960 South Korean troops cross 38th parallel into North Korea 1960 Derek James, Durban South Africa, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 Infiniti 1960 Tom Byrum, Onida, South Dakota, Nike golfer, 1994 NIKE Panama City Beach-4th 1960 Cunningham T Ngcukana, South African worker's union leader 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 South Korean President Syngman Rhee resigns 1960 Heavy earthquake strikes South Persia, 500 killed 1960 Pat Symcox, cricketer, South African off-spinner 1993- 1960 South African premier Verwoerd wounded in battle 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 1960 David Marciano, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Det Ray Vecchio-Due South 1959 Marty Raybon, Sanford, Florida, singer, Shenandoah-Sunday in the South 1959 De Beers firm of South Africa announces synthetic diamond 1959 David Laurence Frost, Cape Town South Africa, PGA golfer, 1988 Southern Open 1959 Adrian Kuiper, cricketer, South African all-rounder 1959 Progressive Party under John Steytler forms in South Africa 1959 Kevin Spacey, born in South Orange, New Jersey, actor, Dad, Henry and June, Darrow 1959 Tim Shaw, cricketer, South African ODI slow lefty 1991 1959 Nicky Le Roux, born in South Africa, LPGA golfer, 1994 Atlanta Champ-15th 1959 Stan Thorn, born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, singer, Shenandoah-Sunday in the South 1959 Sydney P Mufamadi, South African leader, SACP 1959 Daniel F Malan, premier of South Africa (1948-54), dies at 84 1958 Curt Allen Byrum, Onida, South Dakota, PGA golfer, 1989 Hardee's Golf Classic 1958 Mike McGuire, Haleyville Ala, singer, Shenandoah-Sunday in the South 1958 Britain transfers Christmas Island (south of Java) to Australia 1958 Henry Verwoerd appointed Prime Minister of South Africa 1958 John G Strijdom, premier of South Africa (1954-58), dies at 65 1958 Lori Garbacz, South Bend, Indiana, LPGA golfer, 1989 Circle K Tucson Open 1958 Debbie Green, born in South Korea, volleyball player 1984 Olympics silver 1958 Mkhuseli Jack, South African UDF-leader, consumer boycots 1958 South Pacific soundtrack album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 31 weeks 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 Edgar Whitehead succeeds Garfield Todd as premier of South Rhodesia 1958 Peter R Mokaba, president, South African Youth Congress 1958 Edmund Hillary reaches South Pole overland 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 South Africa government approves race separation in universities 1957 Leeza Gibbons, born in South Carolina, TV host, Entertainment Tonight, Leeza 1957 Vanna White, [Rosich], N Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, TV host, Wheel of Fortune 1957 Mohammed Valli Moosa, South African leader, UDF 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 1957 Mario Van Peebles, Mexico, actor, Posse, South Bronx Heroes 1956 Nelson Mandela and 156 others arrested for political activities in South Africa 1956 Ena Heese, South African costume designer, Willem of Orange 1956 1st American to land an airplane at South Pole - Rear Admiral G. J. Dufek 1956 Timothy J. Roemer, born in South Bend, Indiana, Representative-D-Indiana 1991 - 2003 1956 Beth Daniel, Charleston, South Carolina, LPGA golfer, 1990 Kemper Open 1956 Janice E Voss Ford, South Bend, Indiana, PhD/Astronaut, STS-57, 63, 83, 94 1956 South African politician "Kobie" Coetsee marries Helena E Malan 1956 Sherri Turner, Greenville, South Carolina, LPGA golfer, 1988 Mazda LPGA Champ 1956 Murphy Morobe, South Afr UDF leader, spent 3 years in Robbeneiland Jail 1956 South African women demonstrate against pass laws 1956 Eddie Edwards, South Africa, tennis star 1956 Azhar Cachalia, Scottish/South Africa leader, United Democratic Front 1956 WSPA TV channel 7 in G'ville-Spartanburg, South Carolina (CBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Noel Coward's musical "South Sea Bubble," premieres in London 1956 Trevor A. Manuel, South African UDF/ANC-leader 1955 U.N. disapproves of South Africa's apartheid politics 1955 Gary Streeter, born in Hampshire, England, educated at King's College London, Member of Parliament for South West Devon 1955 Charles D "Sam" Gemar, Yankton, South Dakota, army/astronaut, STS-38, 48, 62 1955 WNDU TV channel 16 in South Bend, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting 1955 Freedom Charter signed in South Africa 1955 Test Cricket debut of Ken Barrington, vs. South Africa, Trent Bridge 1955 Peter Kirsten, cricketer, South African middle-order batsman 1955 Benny Alexander, secretary general, South Africa Pan-Africanist Movement 1955 South East Asia Collective Defense Treaty goes into effect 1955 President Eisenhower sends 1st U.S. advisors to South Vietnam 1955 Titus M Mafolo, South Africa journalist/ANC-leader 1955 Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, South African Politician 1954 Jayaseelan Naidoo, South African worker's union leader 1954 John Strodom succeeds Malan as premier of South Africa 1954 President Eisenhower offers aid to South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem 1954 WBTW TV channel 13 in Florence, South Carolina (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 WCBD TV channel 2 in Charleston, South Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 WLOS TV channel 13 in G'ville-Spartanburg, South Carolina (ABC) 1st broadcast 1954 At Geneva, France agrees to independence of North and South Vietnam 1954 Armistice for Indo-China signed, Vietnam separates into North and South 1954 111 degrees F (44 degrees C) at Camden, South Carolina (state record) 1954 Alice Krige, born in South Africa, actress, Chariots of Fire, Ladykiller 1954 Alan [Joseph] Lamb, South African/British cricket player, Northampton 1954 Will Patton, born in Charleston, South Carolina, actor, No Way Out, Ballzaire the Cajun 1954 Bulelani T Ngcuka, South African attorney/leader, UDF 1954 Rob Crosby, born in Sumter, South Carolina, country singer, She's a Natural 1954 Francis B Young, British physician/writer (In South Africa), dies at 69 1954 Jim Seales, born in Hamilton Ala, singer, Shenandoah-Sunday in the South 1954 Stone Phumelele Sizani, South African treasurer, UDF 1954 "South Pacific" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 1928 performances 1953 WFBC (now WYFF) TV channel 4 in G'ville-Spartanburg, South Carolina (NBC) begins 1953 WAIM (now WAXA) TV channel 40 in Anderson, South Carolina (IND) 1st broadcast 1953 John van Melle, South African writer (Bart Nel), dies at 66 1953 WIS TV channel 10 in Columbia, South Carolina (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Greg Evigan, South Amboy, New Jersey, actor, BJ-BJ and the Bear, Melrose Place 1953 WNOK (now WLTX) TV channel 19 in Columbia, South Carolina (CBS) 1st broadcast 1953 James Taylor, born in South Carolina, rocker, Kool and The Gang 1953 Sanford Jensen, born in South Haven, Michigan, actor, Foley Square 1953 U.S. and South Korea initial a mutual security pact 1953 Jimmy Cook, cricketer, South African opening batsman 1992 1953 Jacob D du Toit [Totius], South African poet/theologist, dies 1953 Ralph Ezell, born in Unio,n Mississippi, singer, Shenandoah-Sunday in the South 1953 WCSouth Carolina TV channel 5 in Charleston, South Carolina (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 South African premier Malan visits Netherlands 1953 Malans National Party wins South African elections 1953 American B-47 accidentally drops a nuclear bomb on South Carolina, the bomb doesn't go off due to 6 safety catches 1953 James Mndaweni, South African worker's union leader/president, NACTU 1953 Myung-Whun Chung, Seoul South Korea, pianist/conductor 1952 WSBT TV channel 22 in South Bend, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting 1952 Uprising of captives in Pongam South Korea, 82 die 1952 M Cyril Ramaphosa, Secretary-General of South African Mine Workers' Union 1952 Pat Severs, Camden, South Carolina, country singer, Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake 1952 Paul David Crews, South Carolina, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1952 Joel Silver, South Orange, New Jersey, producer, Warriors, Xanadu, Die Hard 1952 Nelson Mandela and 51 others infringe South Africa curfew 1952 Popo Simon Molefe, Secretary-General, South Africa UDF 1952 Great demonstrations against apartheid in South Africa 1952 Oupa J. Gqozo, South African warden/army commandant, Ciskei 1952 Melissa Babish, South Carolina, swimmer, Olympic 1952 Thomas Edward Henderson, South Carolina, basketballer 1972 Olympics silver 1952 Omar Henry, cricketer, 1st colored player for South Africa 1992 1951 Mary Hart, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, TV hostess, Entertainment Tonight 1951 Sally Little, Cape Town South Africa, LPGA golfer, 1982 Dinah Shore 1951 Cheryl Ladd, born in Huron, South Dakota, actress, Charlie's Angels, Purple Hearts 1951 Netherlands and South Africa sign cultural accord 1951 Peabo Bryson, born in Greenville, South Carolina, R&B vocalist, I'm So into You 1951 South Carolina House urges "Shoeless Joe" Jackson be reinstated 1951 Frank Chikane, Secretary-General of South Africa Council of Churches 1950 Yunus I Mahomed, South African attorney/leader, UDF 1950 Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel, into South Korea 1950 Muntu Myeza, South African anti-apartheid activist 1950 South Korea President Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions 1950 Augusto Gen'un Alcalde, Buenos Aires, 1st South American Zen teacher 1950 South Korean troops reach Chosan at Chinese boundary 1950 Ronald E McNair, Lake City, South Carolina, astr, STS-41B, 51L-Challenger disaster 1950 Indonesian army opens assault on Ambon, South Moluccas 1950 South Korean troops exceed 38 degrees latitude 1950 Balthazar H Verhagen, Netherlands/South African dramatist/writer, dies 1950 U.N. troops in Korean War recapture South Korean capital of Seoul 1950 During Korean conflict, United Nations forces land at Inchon in South Korea 1950 U.N. lands at Inchon to drive North Korean troops out of the south 1950 John C Smuts, co-found British RAF/South African Prime Minister 1919 - 1948, dies at 80 1950 1st 407 U.S. soldiers flown to South Korea 1950 U.S. General MacArthur visits front in South Korea and asks for U.S. troops 1950 U.S. sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam 1950 North Koreans troop reach Seoul, United Nations asks members to aid South Korea, Truman orders Air Force and Navy into Korean conflict 1950 Korean conflict begins; North Korea invades South Korea 1950 South African parliament accept "Groups Area Act" 1950 Mary Hopkin, South Wales, singer, Those Were the Days 1950 Dutch Prime Minister Malan recognizes South Africa but not China PR 1950 Pulitzer prize awarded to Rodgers and Hammerstein (South Pacific) 1950 South Africa passes Group Areas Act segregating races 1950 Independent republic of South Molukkas declared 1950 Itumeleng J Mosala, South Africa president, Azanian People's Org 1950 4th Tony Awards: Cocktail Party and South Pacific win 1950 Jody Schecter, South African auto maker, World Driver's 1979 1949 Dumisa B Ntsebeza, South African attorney/anti-apartheid activist 1949 Mhlabunzima Maphumulo, South Africa Kwazulu politician 1949 Anthony Akerman, South Africa, director 1949 Clive Rice, South African cricket all-rounder, WSC 1978-79, ODI 1991 1949 Lukas D. Barnard, head of South Africa secret service, NIS 1949 South Africa begins implementing apartheid; no mixed marriages 1949 Frank L Culbertson, Jr., Charleston, South Carolina, Commander USN/astronaut, STS-38 1949 "South Pacific" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 1928 performances 1949 England beat South Africa by scoring 174 runs in 94 minutes 1949 Chinese liner "Taiping" collides with a collier off south China 1949 South African Reverend Andries P. Treurnicht marries Engela Dreyer 1949 Black/Indian race rebellion in Durban, South Africa; 142 die 1949 1st photo of genes taken at University of South California by Pease and Baker 1949 Marshall Chapman, Spartanburg, South Carolina, country singer 1948 Samuel E Wright, Camden, South Carolina, actor, Enos, Ball Four 1948 Moses J "Moss" Mayekiso, South African union/SACP-leader 1948 Bradman scores 143 Australia vs. South of England, 17 fours 1 six 1948 Republic of Korea (South Korea) proclaimed (National Day) 1948 Mosiuoa Patrick "Terror" Lekota, South African UDF/ANC-leader 1948 Proclamation of constitution of Republic of (South) Korea 1948 South Africa elects a nationalist government with apartheid policy 1948 Alexander "Alec" Erwin, South African worker's union leader 1947 Stephanus S "Tian" van Merwe, leader, South Africa Democratic Party 1947 Janie Fricke, South Whitley, Indiana, singer, It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy 1947 Mosibudi Mangena, South African black leader, On Your Own 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 Daniel P. A. "Danie" Schutte, South African underminister of Justice 1947 Eric Molobi, born in South Africa, activist, ANC 1947 John Traicos, cricketer, in Egypt South Africa 1970, Zimbabwe 1992-93 1947 Christian F L Leipoldt, South African writer (Die Moormansgat), dies 1947 Pieter W. Coetzer, South African journalist/MP, NP 1947 180-metric ton blue whale (record) caught in South Atlantic 1947 Greek steamer "Himara" strikes a wartime mine in Saronic Gulf south of Athens with loss of 392 of 637 aboard 1946 Earthquake in South Japan, kills 1,086 1946 Stephen, Steve, Biko, South African anti-apartheid activist 1946 Bradman scores 119 South Australia vs. Victoria, 183 minutes, 8 fours 1946 Walt Disney's "Song Of South" released 1946 Strinivasa Moodley, South African anti-apartheid activist 1946 Tony Greig, South Africa, cricketer, English all-rounder 1972-77 1946 Charles F Bolden, Jr., Columbia, South Carolina, astronaut, STS-61C, 31, 45, 60 1946 Robin Tallon, born in Hemingway, South Carolina, Representative-D-South Carolina 1983 - 1993 1946 Leon Wessels, South Africa lawyer/underminister of Law and Order 1946 Anne Boyd, born in Sydney, New South Wales, composer, professor of composition at the University of Sydney, recipient, Order of Australia, for contributions to music 1946 John Harrison, South Africa correspondent, BBC 1945 South Korea liberated from Japanese rule 1945 Barry Richards, extraordinary cricket batsman, 4 Tests for South Africa 1945 Battleship USS South Dakota is 1st U.S. ship to bombard Japan 1945 Richard Ottaway, born in Bristol, England, Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway, politician, Conservative Party, attended Brittania Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, Member of Parliament for Croydon South 1945 Ian White, born in South Bristol, United Kingdom, studied law, Member of the European Parliament in Wandsdyke 1945 U.S. minesweepers reach Kerama Retto, South coast of Okinawa 1945 Bill Bergey, born in South Dayton, New York, American collegiate and professional football player, played for American Football League's Cincinnati Bengals and NFL Philadelphia Eagles 1945 U.S. Task Force 38 destroys 41 Japanese ships in Battle of South China Sea 1944 Mail routing resumes in free South Netherlands 1944 Christopher N Dlamini, South African union/SACP-leader 1944 Renier S Schoeman, South Africa MP, NP, journalist 1944 M N Aubrey Mokoape, South Africa's Vice President, Azanian People Org 1944 Samuel J de Beer, South Africa vicar/underminister of Education 1944 Hitler routes 4 division of South France to Normandy 1944 2500+ killed in London and South East England by German flying bombs 1944 South Carolina rejects black suffrage 1944 Hywel Bennett, born in South Wales, actor, Family Way, Shelley 1944 General Eisenhower postpones South France invasion until after Normandy 1944 Myung-Wha Chung, born in Seoul, South Korea, cellist, Chung Sisters 1944 Lee Irvine, cricketer, South African batsman, only Tests in 1970 1944 Graeme Pollock, cricketer, South African batting prodigy 1944 Eugene Terre Blanche, South Africa leader of Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging 1944 Joe Frazier, born in Beaufort, South Carolina, HW boxer 1964 Olympic gold /champ, 1968-73 1943 Oscar D. Dhlomo, South African Secretary-General of Inkatha, 1978 - 1990 1943 Lauren Hutton, [Mary], Charleston, South Carolina, model/actress, American Gigolo 1943 John Shepherd, cricketer, WI all-rounder 1969-71, later in South Africa 1943 British 8th army lands at Taranto South Italy 1943 British 8th army lands in South Italy (Messina) 1943 John H Casper, Greenville, South Carolina, USAF/astronaut, STS-36, 54, 62, 77 1943 British invades Pantelleria, tiny island south of Sicily 1943 Eddie McGrady, born in County Down, Northern Ireland, born Eddie Kevin McGrady, Member of Parliament for South Down, founding member of the Social Democratic and Labor Party 1943 Wynand C Malan, South African lawyer/NP/DP-politician 1943 Nickolas Ashford, South Carolina, singer, Ashford and Simpson-Solid as a Rock 1943 Bob Blewett, cricketer, father of Greg South Australia batsman 1975-79 1943 Lead, South Dakota, temp is 52 degrees F, while 1.5 miles away Deadwood SD records -16 degrees F 1942 German offensive in South Western Stalingrad 1942 James Barry M Hertzog, South African premier (1914-39), dies at 76 1942 John Du Preez, cricketer, South Africa leg-spin all-rounder vs. Australia 1966-67 1942 John P "Jannie" Roux, South African sect to President, Botha/De Klerk 1942 Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 south of Calcutta India 1942 "Chris" Martin Thembisile Hani, Secretary-General, South Africa Communist Party 1942 Thabo Mbeki, South African economist/1st vice-president, 1994- 1942 Ali Bacher, cricketer, South African batsman and captain in 60's 1942 Pallo Jordan, South African ANC member/heads, Radio Freedom 1942 1st transport of British/Dutch prisoners to South Burma 1942 Larry Pressler, born in Humboldt, South Dakota, Senator-R-South Dakota 1979 - 1997 1942 Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Due West, South Carolina, news reporter, McNeil-Lehrer 1942 Japanese troops march into Palembang, South Sumatra 1942 Japanese troops land near Makassar, South Celebes 1942 Bo Hopkins, Greenville, South Carolina, actor, Dynasty, Doc Elliot, Rockford Files 1942 Amichand Rajbansi, South African politician 1941 Hermanus J Kriel, South African minister of Planning, 1989- 1941 Winston Churchill routes "Forces South" to SE Asia 1941 Jesse Jackson, born in Greenville, South Carolina, clergyman/presidential candidate, D 1941 Mogoboya NN Ramadike, South African politician in Lebowa 1941 Thomas F. Hartnett, born in Charleston, South Carolina, Representative-R-South Carolina 1981 - 1986 1941 Carolina Paprika Mills in Dillon South Carolina, incorporated 1940 South Australia all out for 47 vs. NSW, O'Reilly 5-11 1940 Manfred Mann, [Michael Lubowitz], South Africa, rocker, Mighty Quinn 1940 Germany air attack on South England (Battle of Britain begins) 1940 Eddie Barlow, cricketer, Great South African all-rounder 1940 Richard Wells, Chief Constable, South Yorkshire 1940 Carroll A. Campbell, Jr., born in Greenville, South Carolina, Representative-R-South Carolina, 1979 - 1986, Governor of South Carolina 1987 - 1995 1940 Jim Clyburn, born in Sumter, South Carolina, Representative-D-South Carolina 1993 - 1940 Dawid J "Dawie" de Villiers, South African minister of energy, 1989- 1940 Simon Hobday, born in Mareking, South Africa, PGA golfer, 1994 U.S. Senior Open 1940 H R "Tiger" Lance, cricketer, South African batting all-rounder 1961-67 1940 Pat Trimborn, cricket pace bowler, South African in 4 Tests 1966-70 1940 Joseph L. Goldstein, born in Sumter, South Carolina, physician, Nobel-1985 1940 Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, chairman, South Africa Progressive Federal Party, 1979-86 1940 Joe South, Atlanta, guitarist/songwriter/singer, Games People Play 1940 Johnson P Mlambo, South African leader, Pan-African Congress 1940 Dennis Gamsy, cricketer, South African bat in 2 Tests vs. Australia 1970 1940 Bradman scores 209* in 161 minutes for South Australia at the WACA 1940 Tom Brokaw, born in Yankton, South Dakota, news anchor, NBC Nightly News 1982- 1940 Barend J du Plessis, South African minister of Finance, 1984- 1940 Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali, South African poet, Fireflames 1939 South Australia score 7-821 against Queensland 1939 Bradman scores 138 in South Australia's 7-821 vs. Queensland 1939 Christoffel "Stoffel" van de Merwe, South Africa minister of Education 1939 Ken Walter, South African cricket pace bowler, 1961-62 series vs. New Zealand 1939 Franklin A Sonn, union leader, South African workers 1939 Joseph Mosikili, South African actor/singer 1939 Breyten Breytenbach, South African poet/painter 1939 South Africa declares war on nazi-Germany 1939 Britain declares war on Germany. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada 1939 Smangaliso P Mkhatshwa, born in South Africa, Secretary-General, Bishops' Conference 1983-88 1939 Geoff Griffin, cricketer, South Africa quick, hat-trick and chuck vs. England 1960 1939 Nganani Enos J Mabuza, South African leader, Inyandza National Movement 1939 Patrick Cormack, born in Grimsby, England, politician, journalist, author, historian, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for South Staffordshire 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 Jay Kim, born in Seoul, South Korea, Representative-R-California 1993 - 1999 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 Bradman scores 225 South Australia vs. Qld before Christ gets him out 1938 Tom Goddard takes a cricket hat-trick for England vs. South Africa 1938 Bradman scores 143 South Australia vs. NSW, 11 fours 91 singles 1938 Dennis RB Madide, South African Internal minister of Transkei 1938 Elizabeth H "Rina" Venter, South African minister of Health care 1938 [David] Deacon Jones, NFL defensive end, LA, South Dakota, Washington 1938 Wynne Bradburn, cricketer, father of Grant New Zealand batsman vs. South Africa 1964 1938 Richard Dumbrill, cricketer, South African all-rounder in 5 Tests 1965-67 1938 Peter Carlstein, cricketer, South African Test batsman 1958-64 1938 Dudu Pukwana, [Mtutuzel], South African/British saxophonist/composer 1938 Billy Mills, born in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, 10k, Olympics gold 64 1938 James Botten, cricketer, all-rounder in 1965 South Africa series vs. England 1938 Glen Hall, cricket leg-spinner, South African in one Test vs. England 1964 1938 Andreas J "Cat" Liebenberg, supreme commander, South Africa army 1938 Colin Bland, cricketer, South African bat Maybe the best cover field 1938 Bradman scores 104* for South Australia vs. NSW at the SCG 1938 Bradman scores 107 for South Australia vs. Qld (1st innings) 1937 O'Reilly completes 14-98 for cricket match, NSW vs. South Australia 1937 Bill O'Reilly takes 9-41 for NSW against South Australia 1937 Adrian J Vlok, South African NP-minister of Law and Order, 1986- 1937 Jacobus H "Koos" van de Merwe, South Africa attorney/CP parliament leader 1937 Chuck Jackson, born in Latta, South Carolina, singer, Any Day Now, I Don't Want to Cry 1937 Ebrahim I Ebrahim, South African ANCer/Umkhonto we Sizwe-leader 1937 Peter van der Merwe, cricketer, South African captain of mid-1960's 1937 Grahame Chevalier, cricketer, one Test for South Africa 1970, 0 and 0*, 5-100 1937 Dorothy Provine, Deadwood, South Dakota, actress, Good Neighbor Sam, Darn Cat 1936 W S "Buster" Farrer, cricketer, South African Test batsman 1962-64 1936 Neville E Alexander, South african, 10 years in Robbeneiland Jail 1936 David Pithey, cricketer, bro of Tony, South Africa all-rounder in 8 Tests 1936 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Gannvalley, South Dakota (state record) 1936 Chad Everett, born in South Bend, Indiana, actor, Medical Center, Airplane II 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 Gary Owens, Mitchell, South Dakota, disc jockey/TV host, Laugh, Indiana, Gong Show 1936 Grimmett ends his Test career with 13 wkts in 5th Test vs. South Africa 1936 -58 degrees F (-50 degrees C), McIntosh, South Dakota (state record) 1936 Tommy Ward, South African cricket wicket keeper (23 Tests), electrocuted 1936 Ferdinand Hartzenberg, South African minister of Education, 1979-82 1936 Grimmett becomes world record wicket taker with no 190 vs. South Africa 1935 Bradman scores 117 in his 1st Shield cricket match for South Australia 1935 Test Cricket debut of "Chuck" Fleetwood-Smith vs. South Africa, Durban 1935 H B "Jock" Cameron, South Africa cricket captain (v England 1935, age 30), dies 1935 Gary J. Player, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, PGA golfer, British Open 1959, 1968, 1974 1935 Paul Barton, cricketer, New Zealand batsman in early 1960's, century vs. South Africa 1935 Bobby Richardson, South Carolina, 2nd baseman, New York Yankees 1935 Zakes Mokae, Johannesburg South Africa, actor, Comedians 1935 George Varnals, South African cricket batsman, England 1964-65 1935 Chris Burger, cricketer, South African batsman vs. Australia 1957-58 1935 Wynand Breytenbach, South African under minister of Defense, 1986- 1935 Reverend Ike, South Carolina, evangelist minister, Joy of Living 1935 Andre P. Brink, South African writer, Dry White Season 1935 Denis J. Worrall, South African politician/leader, DP 1935 Sister Bernard Ncube, South African nun 1935 Clive Halse, cricketer, South Africa fast bowler on 1963-64 Australia/New Zealand tour 1935 John J "Jannie" Geldenhuys, supreme commander South Africa army 1980- 1934 Ronald Harwood, [Horwitz], South African playwright, Dresser 1934 Harold Ralph Henning, Johannesburg South Africa, PGA golfer, 1966 Texas Open 1934 Winnie Mandela-Madikizela, South African anti-apartheid protestor 1934 1st sitting U.S. president to visit South America, Franklin D. Roosevelt in Colombia 1934 Abdulah M "Dulah" Omar, South African attorney/UDF-leader 1934 Sydney Burke, cricketer, South Africa quick, 11 wkts on Test debut vs. New Zealand 1961 1934 George "Sparky" Anderson, South Dakota, baseball manager, Reds, Tigers 1934 Marlene Bauer Hagge, Eureka, South Dakota, LPGA golfer, 1950 Woman Athlete 1933 Jim Pothecary, cricketer, South African pace bowler on 1960 England tour 1933 Gerald Masters, South African/British author, Pan Book of Dates 1933 Tony Pithey, cricketer, brother of David, South African batsman in 17 Tests 1933 Keith Baxter, born in South Wales, actor, Barretts at Wimpole Street 1933 Chris Duckworth, cricketer, South African batsman vs. England 1956-57 1933 Kim Elgie, cricketer, South African bat vs. New Zealand 1961-62, Scotland RU International 1932 Roger Smith, South Gate California, actor, 77 Sunset Strip 1932 Roh Tae Woo, Taegu South Korea, President South Korea, 1988-93 1932 Pieter G. Marais, South Africa minister of Education/Development aid 1932 Lloyd Haynes, South Bend Indiana, actor, Pete Dixon-Room 222 1932 Dutch South Seas rebaptized in IJsselmeer 1932 Curnick M Ndlovu, Jailed South Africian worker's union leader 1932 Henry Bromfield, cricketer, South Africa off-spinner in 9 Tests 1961-65 1932 Solomon Tshkisho Platje, South African writer, dies 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 Dam closed, at current monument (South Seas) 1932 Godfrey Lawrence, cricketer, South African fast bowler, 8-53 vs. New Zealand 1961 1932 F. W. de Klerk, president South Africa, 1989-94 1932 Miriam Makeba, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, singer, Grammy 1965 1932 Buck Trent, Spartanburg, South Carolina, banjoist/singer, Hee Haw 1932 Australia beat South Africa in cricket by an inn in 5 hours 53 minutes playing time 1932 South Africa all out for 36 in 1st innings vs. Australia (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 Georg "Org" Marais, South African economist/underminister of Finance 1931 Bradman scores 112 Australia vs. South Africa at cricket SCG 1931 British Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, Newfndlnd 1931 Bradman scores 219 NSW vs. South Africa, 234 minutes, 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 minutes, 15 fours 1931 John Kerr, New York City, actor, South Pacific, Peyton Place, Pit and Pendulum 1931 Desmond Tutu, Anglican Archbishop of South Africa, Nobel Peace Prize 1982 1931 Japanese troops conquer Mukden, South Manchuria 1931 Brook Benton, Camden, South Carolina, vocalist, Frankie and Johnny 1931 Mitzi Gaynor, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress/vocalist, Les Girls, South Pacific 1931 Mark Weinberg, South African/British fiancier/multi-millionaire 1931 Eddie Fuller, cricketer, South African fast bowler in 7 Tests 1952-58 1931 Trevor Goddard, cricketer, South African opening batsman and opening bowler 1931 Eugene Louw, South African minister of Internal affairs 1931 Hendrick J "Kobie" Coetsee, South Africa minister of Defense/Justice 1931 Leslie Thomas, born in Newport, Wales, author, published 'In My Wildest Dreams', recounting childhood in South Wales, in early life, wrote columns for London Evening News newspaper 1931 Neil Adcock, cricketer, South African pace bowler, 104 wkts 1953-62 1931 Alexander L "Alex" Boraine, South Africa vicar/MP 1930 Bradman scores 258 NSW vs. South Australia, 289 minutes, 37 fours 1930 South Carolina Genemuiden soccer team forms 1930 Peter J Clase, South African minister of Education/Culture, 1985- 1930 David M G Curry, South African Labour Party parliament leader 1930 Roy McLean, cricketer, prolific South African batsman played 40 Tests 1930 James Gathers, Sumter, South Carolina, 200m runner 1952 Olympics bronze 1930 Ian Leggat, cricketer, 1 Test vs. South Africa 1953-54 without distinction 1930 Michael Melle, cricketer, South African pace bowler of early 1950's 1930 White woman win voting rights in South Africa 1930 Roelof F "Pik" Botha, South African minister of Foreign affairs 1930 Elijah Barayi, head of South Africa union centre, COSATU 1930 Magnus Adem Malan, South African minister of Defense, 1980- 1930 WIS-AM (now WOMG) in Columbia South Carolina begins radio transmissions 1930 John Waite, cricket wicket-keeper, great South African 1929 Lieutenant Commander Richard E. Byrd sends "My calculations indicate that we have reached vicinity of South Pole" 1929 Admiral Richard E Byrd makes 1st South Pole flight 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 Joe Modise, South African commandant of Umkhonto we Sizwe, 1965- 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 Jackie McGlew, cricketer, dour South African opening bat of the 50' 1929 Hugh Tayfield, cricketer, celebrated South African off-spinner 1949-60 1929 Ian Thomson, cricketer, England seam bowler vs. South Africa 1964-65 1929 Coup by King Alexander in South Slavia 1928 Zacharias J de Beer, South African physician/MP, DP 1928 Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African Leader 1928 Jack Nel, cricketer, South African opening bat in 6 Tests 1949-57 1928 Peter Heine, cricketer, solid South African fast bowler in 1950's 1928 Betsy Rawls, Spartanburg, South Carolina, golfer, US Womens Open-51, 53, 57, 60 1928 Floyd Spence, born in Columbia, South Carolina, Representative-R-South Carolina 1971 - 2001 1928 Clive Van Ryneveld, cricketer, South African all-rounder 1951-58 1928 Bettye Ackerman, Cottageville, South Carolina, actress, Maggie Graham-Ben Casey 1928 Eartha Kitt, South Carolina, singer and actress, Catwoman-Batman 1927 Cricket 1st-class debut of Don Bradman, NSW vs. South Australia 1927 Carel W. H. Boshoff, South African head, Broederbond/Volkswag 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 Nadine Judd, [Nadia Moore/Nerina], South African/British ballerina 1927 Eli van der Merwe Louw, South Africa minister of Transport/Manpower 1927 Althea Gibson, Silver, South Carolina, 1st black tennis champion in a major event 1927 James H. Weaver, born in Brookings, South Dakota, Representative-D-Oregon 1975 - 1987 1927 George Hunter, born in South Africa, light heavyweight boxer, Gold Medal 1948 Olympics 1927 U.S. Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota closes 1927 Martinus J Mentz, South African MP, Conservative 1927 Sid O'Linn, cricketer, soccer for South Africa 1947, cricket 1960 1927 Arthur Ravenel, Jr., born in Charleston, South Carolina, Representative-R-South Carolina 1987 - 1995 1927 For 2nd Sunday in a row golfers in South Carolina arrested for violating Sabbath 1927 Golfers in South Carolina arrested for violating Sabbath 1926 Edgar D Ngoyi, South African ANC leader, 17 years in Robbeneiland Jail 1926 Ronald Draper, cricketer, South African batsman vs. Australia 1949-50 1926 Gerrit van Niekerk Viljoen, South African minister of Legislation 1926 Gold discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa 1926 Carlisle Floyd, born in Latta, South Carolina, composer, Slow Dusk 1926 Geoffrey Caston, vice chancellor, University of South Pacific 1926 Gerrit A. Kooy, Dutch sociologist, Apartheid and work in South Africa 1926 Edgar Meuli, cricketer, opened New Zealand batting in Test vs. South Africa 1953 1926 Tokelau (Union) Islands in South Pacific transfers to New Zealand 1925 Christmas F Tinto, South African ANC'er/UDF-leader 1925 Ken Funston, South African cricket batsman, 18 Tests during 1950's 1925 Richard Burton, born in South Wales, actor, Cleopatra, Virginia Woolf 1925 Jayaaram N Reddy, South African politician/banker 1925 Virginia Capers, Sumter, South Carolina, actress, White Mama, Original Intent 1925 Ruth Mompati, South Africa secretary of Nelson Mandela/W Sisulu 1925 Billy Pinkney, Sumter, South Carolina, rock bassist/vocalist, Drifters 1925 Gertrude Shope, South African head, ANC female section 1925 Alistair Taylor, cricketer, one Test as opening bat for South Africa 1956 1925 Alfred B Nzo, South African Secretary-General ANC, 1969- 1925 Francois J [Frank] le Roux, chief whip, South Afr Conserv Party 1925 Peter Blum, German/South African/English poet, Capricorn 1925 David Ironside, cricketer, South Africa swing bowler in 3 Tests vs. New Zealand 1953-54 1925 Al Rosen, born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, 3rd baseman, AL MVP 1953, N.Y. Yankee president 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 1925 Kim Dae Jung, South Korean Statesman 1924 John Portman, born in South Carolina, architect, Ivan Allen Award-1964 1924 Nigel Green, South Africa, actor, Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File 1924 Elias Motsoaledi, South African Umkhonto we Sizwe-commandant 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 Stanley Donen, South Carolina, film director/producer, Bedazzled, Damn Yankees 1924 Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co 1924 South Slavia aproves Italy's annexation of Fiume (Rijeka) 1924 Henry M Fazzie, South Africa Union/UDF-leader 1923 Wilton S Mkwayi, South African ANC leader 1923 Nadine Gordimer, Springs South Africa, novelist 1923 Nadine Gordimer, South African author, July's people, Nobel 1991 1923 Glynis Johns, Pretoria South Africa, actress, Mary Poppins 1923 Britain takes over Southern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co 1923 Henryk Czyz, born in Grudziadz, Poland, composer, wrote contemporary music, performed in Europe, America and South America 1923 Mussolini government italian place in South Tirol/Alto Adige 1923 John Watkins, cricketer, South African all-rounder in 15 Tests 49-57 1923 Nguyen Van Thieu, South Vietnam president, 1965-75 1923 James Abdnor, born in Kennebec, South Dakota, Senator-R-South Dakota 1981 - 1987, Representative-D-South Dakota 1973 - 1981 1922 NSW all out for 786 against South Australia Cricket 1922 George Fullerton, cricketer, South African keeper-batsman 1947-51 1922 Christiaan Barnard, South Africa, surgeon, perform 1st heart transplant 1922 Thomas T Nkobi, South Africa ANC-leader, Alexandra-bus boycott 1957 1922 George McGovern, born in Avon, South Dakota, Representative-D-South Dakota 1957 - 1961, Senator-D-South Dakota 1963 - 1981, Democratic President candidate 1972 1922 John Bromfield, born in South Bend, Indiana, actor, Easy to Love 1922 Anton Murray, cricketer, South African batsman in 10 Tests 1951-55 1922 South Ossetian Autonomous Region forms in Georgian SSR 1922 State of siege proclaimed during mine strike Johannesburg, South Africa 1922 Christiaan R de Wet, South African Boer general, dies at 67 1922 Christiaan Rudolf de Wet, South African Politician 1922 Christiaan R de Wet, South African Boer general, dies at 67 1922 Ernest H Shackleton, British South pole explorer (Endurance), dies at 47 1922 Ernest Hollings, born in Charleston, South Carolina, Senator-D-South Carolina 1966 - 2005 1921 J. James Exon, born in Geddes, South Dakota, Senator-D-Nebraska 1979 - 1997 1921 Jeff Donnell, born in South Windham, Maine, actor, Gidget Goes to Rome 1921 Willem J "Wim" the Villiers, South Africa minister of Administration 1921 Hugh Neill, Lord-Lieutenant, South Yorkshire 1921 Andries Treurnicht, [Dr. No], founder, South Africa Conservative Party 1921 Athol Rowan, cricketer, brother of Eric, South African off-spinner 1920 South Africa receives League of Nations mandate over SW Africa 1920 Olive Schreiner, South Afr writer (Healing Imagination), dies at 75 1920 NSW make 802 against South Australia, then Mailey takes 8-81 1920 Italy annexes South Tirol (Alto Adige) 1920 Gerard W. Taylor, South African/British surgeon 1920 Jack Cheetham, cricketer, South African batsman, Test captain early 50's 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 David Wright, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, given name David John Murray Wright, editor of 'X', autobiography 'Deafness. A Personal Account' gives insight into deafness 1920 1st flight from London to South Africa takes-off 1919 Myron Floren, Webster, South Dakota, accordionist, Lawrence Welk Show 1919 General John Smuts becomes premier of South Africa 1919 Louis Botha, South African Boer leader, dies 1919 Louis Botha, South African soldier/statesman, dies 1919 Robert KJE Antonissen, South African literary 1919 Race riot in Charleston, South Carolina, 2 blacks killed 1919 Paris Peace Conference disposes of German colonies; German East Africa is assigned to Britain and France, German SW Africa to South Africa 1919 Hugh FitzRoy, born in Cape Town, South Africa, 11th Duke of Grafton, Deputy Lieutenant, KG, patrilineal descendant of King Charles II's third eldest illegitimate son 1919 Lois Collier, born in South Carolina, actress, Mary-Boston Blackie, Slave Girl 1919 Peter Abrahams, South African Novelist 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 Dutch government reclaims South seas 1918 Rowley I Arenstein, South African attorney/communist/ANC'er 1918 Nelson Mandela, President, South Africa 1917 Helen Suzman, born in South Africa, politician and anti-apartheid activist, served 36 years in parliament 1917 Jack Plimsoll, cricketer, South Africa lefty quick, 3-143 in only Test 1947 1917 Isang Yun, born in Tongyeong, South Korea, composer, professor, son of renowned poet Yun Ki-hyon, exhiled from South Korea, taught at Hanover Academy of Music 1917 Robert Mitchum, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, actor, Winds of War, North and South 1917 William Shalders, South Africa cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies 1916 Claude Newberry, South Africa cricket All-rounder (v England 1913-14), dies 1916 33.6 cm rainfall at Effingham South Carolina (state record) 1916 Roden Cutler, Governor, New South Wales 1916 Dutch South Sea dike cracks 1916 A. P. W. Botha, Orange Free State, president of South Africa 1915 Balthazar Johannes Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa, 1966-77 1915 British/South African troops march into German SW-Africa 1915 Germany surrenders South West Africa to Union of South Africa 1915 Charles Hard Townes, born in Greenville, South Carolina, physicist, developed lasers 1915 Anti-British revolt in South Africa ends with arrest of General De Law 1915 Christian Beyers Naude, South African anti-apartheid fighter 1915 Johannes J "Joop" Klant, Netherlands/South Africa economist, Madame Sans Gane 1915 Elisabeth Eybers, South Afr/Dutch poet, That Woman and Other Verses 1914 Denis Begbie, cricketer, South African batsman in five Tests 1948-50 1914 Pro-German Boers begin opposition of British authority in South Africa 1914 South African troops land in German South West Africa 1914 Gail Kubik, South Coffeyville, Oklahoma, composer, Gerald McBoing Boing 1914 Ted Moore, South Africa, cinematographer, James Bond 1914 Mahatma Gandhi's 1st arrest, campaigning for Indian rights in South Africa 1914 Billy Wade, cricket wicket-keeper, South African in 11 Tests 1938-50 1914 Dennis Dyer, cricketer, opened batting for South Africa vs. England 1947 1914 William Westmoreland, born in Saxon, South Carolina, army general, Vietnam era 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 Bao Dai, emperor of Annam/Indochina/head of South Vietnam, 1949-55 1913 Explosion and fire in Universal Coal Mine, South Wales 1913 Zeph[ania L] Mothopeng, President South Afr Pan-African Congress, 1986- 1913 Amsterdam reroutes sewage of canals to South Seas 1913 Andrea C Bensddorp, Dutch/South African actress, Commensaal 1913 Judith Evelyn, born in Seneca, South Dakota, actress, 13th Letter, Tingler, Rear Window 1913 6.8-m, 4000-kg elephant seal killed, South Georgia (S Atlantic) 1913 Elephant seal, 6.8-m, 4000-kg, killed in S Georgia (South Atlantic) 1912 Reta Shaw, South Paris Maine, actress, Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1912 St. Pius X encyclical "On Indians of South America" 1912 Jackie Matthews takes 2 cricket hat-tricks same day Australia vs. South Africa 1912 Captain Robert Scott, storm-bound in a tent near South Pole, makes last entry in his diary "the end cannot be far" 1912 Roald Amundsen announces discovery of the South Pole 1912 Arthur Beaumont C. Langton, cricketer, South Africa pace bowler of 1930's 1912 Fram reaches latitude 78 degrees 41' S, farthest south ever by ship 1912 English explorer Robert F Scott and his expedition reach South Pole, only to discover that Roald Amundsen had gotten there before 1912 Robert Scott expedition arrives at South Pole, 1 month after Amundsen 1912 South Pacific RR offers to bring Liberty Bell to Exposition, free 1911 South Pole 1st reached, by Norwegian Roald Amundsen 1911 Robert Scott's expedition leaves Cape Evans for South Pole 1911 Roald Amundsen sets out on race to South Pole 1911 Norman Gordon, South Africa cricket pace bowler, against England 1938-39 1911 Van Lingle Mungo, born in South Carolina, pitcher, Dodgers, Giants 1911 Bob Crisp, cricketer, South African pace bowler of 30's 1911 Hubert Humphrey, born in Wallace, South Dakota, Senator-D-Minnesota 1949 - 1964 and 1971 - 1978, 38th Vice President 1965 - 1969 1911 Geoff Chubb, cricketer, South Africa pace bowler vs. England 1951-52 aged 40 1911 Bill Murdoch, cricketer, dies while watching Australia vs. South Africa Test 1911 Elizabeth Bishop, U.S. poet, North and South, Pulitzer Prize, 1956 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 1911 South Australia transfers Northern Territory to federal government 1910 Cyril Cusack, Durban Natal South Africa, actor, Day of the Jackal 1910 Lennox Brown, cricketer, South Africa leg-spinner on 1931-32 Australia/New Zealand tour 1910 A "Dudley" Nourse, cricketer, son of Dave, brilliant South African bat 1910 Start of South Africa's 1st F-C game in Australia (vs. South Australia) It rained 1910 Xenophon Balaskas, cricketer, South African leg-spinner of 30's 1910 Boers and Afrikaners win 1st general elections in Union of South Africa 1910 Govan AM Mbeki, South African leader, ANC/SACP 1910 Union of South Africa becomes a dominion 1910 William D. Crum, a South Carolina physician, appointed minister to Liberia 1910 South Carolina Enschede soccer team forms in Enschede 1910 Cape of Good Hope becomes part of Union of South Africa 1910 Union of South Africa declares independence from U.K. 1910 Alan Melville, cricketer, graceful South African batsman 1938-49 1910 Uys Krige, South African playwright/novelist, Orphan of the Desert 1910 Edith S. Green, born in Trent, South Dakota, Representative-D-Oregon 1955 - 1974 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. England 1939 1909 Len Darling, cricketer, South Australian and Test batsman of 30's 1909 Eric Rowan, South African cricketer, prolific batsman pre- and post-WWII 1909 John Cochrane, South African cricket pace bowler, one Test 1931 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 1909 Charlie Walker, South Australia cricket wicket-keeper, toured but no Tests 1909 Helen Chandler, Charleston, South Carolina, actress, Christopher Strong, Dracula 1909 British explorer Ernest Shackleton finds magnetic south pole 1909 David, Mawson and Mackay reach south magnetic pole 1909 Ernest Shackleton reaches 88 degrees 23' south 1909 Bruce Mitchell, cricketer, South African bat, their top run-scorer, 3471, 1908 Joshua Logan, Broadway producer, South Pacific 1908 Grady Sutton, born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, actor, Pruitts of South Hampton 1908 Josh White, born in Greenville, South Carolina, born Joshua Daniel White, guitarist, singer, civil rights activist, unique stylings and techniques inspired Nat King Cole, Harry Belafonte, Bob Dylan 1908 Harry Oppenheimer, South African Businessman 1907 Syd Curnow, cricketer, South African batsman in 7 Tests 1930-32 1907 Richard Harkness, Artesian, South Dakota, newscaster, Story of the Week, NBC 1907 -27 degrees F (-33 degrees C), Sarmiento, Argentina (South American record) 1907 Horace McMahon, South Norwalk, Connecticut, actor, Martin Kane Private Eye 1907 James A. Michener, New York City, writer, South Pacific, Hawaii, Space 1906 Eric Dalton, cricketer, 2 centuries in 15 Tests for South Africa 1929-39 1906 Roald Amundsen discovers Magnetic South Pole 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 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Rivadavia, Argentina (South American record) 1905 George Bissett, cricketer, successful South African quick in 1927-28 1905 Joel McCrea, South Pasadena, California, actor, Marshal-Wichita Town 1905 Jock Cameron, South African cricket keeper, captain 1905 Whites win right to vote in South Africa 1905 Rebel battle flags captured during war are returned to South 1905 World's largest diamond, Cullinan - 3106 carets, found in South Africa 1904 Jim Christy, righty cricket batter, Transvaal, Queensland and South Africa 1904 S J Paul Kruger, general/president South Africa (1883-1904), dies at 78 1904 Quintin McMillan, cricketer, South African leg spinner 1929-32 1904 Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League) 1904 1st performance of Edward Elgar's "In the South (Alassio)" 1904 Douglas Evans, actor, South Pacific Trail 1904 Herero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising 1903 AVC Heracles (South Carolina Heracles '74) soccer team forms in Almelo 1903 Alan Paton, South Africa, writer, Cry, the Beloved Country 1903 Gene Roth, [Eugene Stutenroth], South Dakota, actor, She Demons, Spider 1902 Barton MacLane, South Carolina, actor, Geisha Boy, Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie 1902 Strom Thurmond, born in Edgefield, South Carolina, Senator-R-South Carolina 1956 - 2003, Governor South Carolina 1947 - 1951 1902 Stanley Coen, cricketer, South African batsman in two Tests 1927-28 1902 Commencement of 1st Test Cricket between South Africa and Australia 1902 Zulu assault at Holkrantz South Africa 1902 Battle at Rooiwal, South Africa 1902 ... Potgieter, South African Boer general, dies in battle 1902 Flora Robson, born in South Shields, England, actress, Dominique is Dead 1902 Gideon Scheepers, South Africa Boer leader, executed 1902 Buster Nupen, cricketer, 1-eyed South African quick, great on matting 1901 [Ignatius] Roy [D] Campbell, South African poet, Flowering Rifle 1901 Hendrik F. Verwoerd, premier South Africa, 1958-66, assassinated 1901 Ernest O Lawrence, Canton, South Carolina, inventor, Cyclotron-Nobel 1939 1901 Marthinus Wessels Pretorius, 1st President Rep South Africa, dies at 81 1901 NSW score 918 all out vs South Australia in 560 minutes 1901 Ngo Dinh Diem, president/dictator of South Vietnam, 1955-63 1900 Barton Maclane, Columbia, South Carolina, actor, General Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie 1900 South African president Paul Kruger arrives in Germany 1900 South African president Paul Kruger visits Flanders 1900 Lord Kitchener succeeds lord Roberts up as supreme commander in South Africa 1900 Jobyna Ralston, South Pittsburgh, Tennessee, actress, For Heaven's Sake 1900 South African President Paul Kruger departs for Europe 1900 20.3 cm rainfall at Elk Point, South Dakota (state record) 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 Bob Catterall, cricketer, dashing South African batsman of 20's 1900 Izak D du Plessis, South African writer and director, 3rd World 1900 Ian Hunter, born in Capetown South Africa, actor, Dr. Blood's Coffin, White Unicorn 1900 British army occupiers Pretoria South Africa 1900 Lord Roberts' army fights the Vaal in South Africa 1900 British troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa 1900 Comte de Villebois-Marevil, French/South African general, dies in battle 1900 Pieter J Joubert [Smart Piet], South African general, dies at 69 1900 Battle at Driefontein, South Africa (Boers vs. British army) 1900 Battle at Poplar Grove South Africa, President Kruger flees 1900 Boer General Cronje surrenders to English in Pardenberg, South Africa 1900 Battle at Hart's Hill, South Africa (Boers vs British army) 1900 Battle at Wynne's Hill, South Africa (Boers vs British army) 1900 George Labram, U.S. mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle 1900 Battle at Vaalkrans, South Africa (Boers vs British army) 1900 Battle at Tugela-Spionkop, South Africa (Boers vs British army) 1899 Field Marshal Lord Roberts departs Southampton to South Africa 1899 Southampton: field marshal lord Roberts departures to South Africa 1899 Field Marshal 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 Adrian the la Rey, son of South African general, dies in battle at 19 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 South African Boers declare war on Great Britain 1899 A L "Oosh" Ochse, cricketer, no relation to A E South African fast bowler 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) 1899 William Brann, cricketer, South African batsman vs. England 1922-23 1899 Pelham Warner scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (England vs. South Africa Johannesburg) 1898 Johannes J Fouche, president South Africa 1898 U.S. Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota opens 1898 Theophilus E. Donges, South African minister of Internal Affairs 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. England 1922 - 1923 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 U.S. Assay Office in Deadwood South Dakota authorized 1896 Gary Davis, born in Laurens, South Carolina, blues/folk guitarist, A Little More Faith 1896 George Lohmann takes 9-28 vs. South Africa at Johannesburg 1896 Victoria all out for 43 vs South Australia, Jones 6-15 Jarvis 4-27 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 Harold Hoffman, South Amboy, New Jersey, Gov-NJ 1896 Manuel Rojas Sepulveda, Chile, writer, Men of the South 1896 Battle at Doornkop, South Africa (Boers beat Dr. Jamesons troops) 1895 Benjamin E Mays, South Carolina, black educator, Morehouse, Howard University 1895 H G "Nummy" Deane, South African cricket Test captain, 1927-31 1895 Delagoa Bay Railway opens in South Africa 1895 Victor J van Hinsbergh, South Netherlands engraver (PTT-stempels), dies at 70 1895 Anita Stewart, New York, actress, South of Hell Mountain 1895 Izak Buys, cricketer, one Test for South Africa 1922, 0 and 4*, 0-52 1894 Cecil Kellaway, South Africa, actor, Mr Earnshaw-Wuthering Heights 1894 Jackie "Moms" Mabley, born in Brevard, South Carolina, comedienne, Merv Griffin Show 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 1893 John Miljan, Lead City, South Dakota, actor, Possessed, Final Extra, Susan Lenox 1893 John G Strijdom, premier of South Africa, 1954-58 1892 Basil Rathbone, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, actor, Sherlock Holmes 1892 Ezio Pinza, Rome, Italy, bass singer, South Pacific, RCA Victor Show 1892 3 brothers Hearne play in same Test Cricket England vs. South Africa (Cape Town) 1892 Monty Bowden, cricket captain (England vs. South Africa 1889), dies at 26 1892 Henry Walter Bates, naturalist/explorer (South America), dies 1891 John P Strijbos, Dutch writer, Wandering through South Africa 1891 Cecil Dixon, cricket off-spinner, 1 Test for South Africa, 3-118, pair 1890 U.S. 7th Cavalry massacre about 300 captive Sioux at Wounded Knee, South Dakota 1890 Horace Chapman, cricketer, leg-spin all-rounder for South Africa in 2 Tests 1890 1st NSW vs. South Australia 1st-class cricket game 1889 North Dakota becomes 39th and South Dakota becomes 40th state 1889 North and South Dakota entered the union as the 39th and 40th states 1889 Cecil Weston, South Africa, actor, Dude Ranch, Huckleberry Finn 1889 Herbie Taylor, cricketer, prolific South African pre- and post-WWI 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 1887 John van Melle, South African writer, Dawid Booysen 1886 Jacob Pierneef, South Africa, painter 1886 Joe Cox, cricketer, South African pace bowler in 1913-14 series vs. England 1885 Esther Dale, Beaufort, South Carolina, actress, Unfinished Business 1885 Sydney Chaplin, born in South Africa, actor, Limelight 1884 C "Ormy" C Pearse, cricketer, 3 Tests for South Africa in Australia 1910-11 1884 1st known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard, South Dakota 1884 Arnoldus Pannevis, South African shipping agent/linguist, dies at 46 1884 Tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana kill 800 people 1884 Rolland Beaumont, cricketer, South African batsman in 5 tests 1912-14 1883 Harold Baumgartner, cricketer, one Test South Africa vs. England 1913 1883 J M M "Mick" Commaille, cricketer, dual South African cricket/soccer rep 1882 Hatfields of south WV and McCoys of east Kentucky feud, 100 wounded or die 1882 Thomas Campbell, South African cricket wicketkeeper, 5 Tests 1909-12 1881 Aubrey Faulkner, cricketer, great South Africa all-rounder early 20th cent 1881 Claude Carter, South African slow lefty cricketer, 1912-22 1881 Natural History Museum of South Kensington England opens 1881 Balthazar H. Verhagen, Netherlands/South African dramatist and writer 1881 South African president Kruger accepts ceasefire 1881 Battle at Amajuba, South Africa: Boers vs. British army under General Colley 1880 Christian DFL Leipoldt, South african physician/writer/poet 1880 Republic of South Africa forms 1880 5,000 armed Boers gather in Paardekraal South Africa 1880 Percy Sherwell, cricketer, great South African batsman-keeper-captain 1879 Battle at Lydenburg South Africa: General Wolseley beats Sekhukhenes Pedi-Zulu 1879 J J Kotze, South African cricket fast bowler, 1902-07 1879 Zulus attack British Army camp in Isandhlwana South Africa 1879 Zulu war against British colonial rule in South Africa begins 1878 C M M Hathorn, cricketer, South African Test centurion in 1905-06 1878 A. W. "Dave" Nourse, cricketer, "Grand Old Man" of South African cricket 1877 Last federal occupying troops withdraw from south in New Orleans 1877 British annex Transvaal, in South Africa 1877 Federal troops withdrawn from Columbia, South Carolina 1877 Jacob D du Toit [Totius], South African poet/theologist 1876 Bert Vogler, cricketer, early South African googly bowler 1876 Race riot at Cainhoy South Carolina (5 whites and 1 black killed) 1876 C B "Buck" Llewellyn, cricketer, South Africa lefty all-rounder 1896-1912 1876 Black landowner murdered in Hamburg, South Carolina 1876 White terrorists attack Black Republicans in Hamburg, South Carolina, killing 5 1876 Robert Dower, cricketer, 1 Test South Africa vs. England 1898, scored 0 and 9 1876 Murray Bisset, cricketer, South African wicket-keeper 1899 and 1910 1875 Mary McLeod Bethune, South Carolina, slave/educator, Bethune-Cookman College 1875 Reggie Schwartz, cricketer, 1st of great South African googlists 1874 Joseph Willoughby, cricketer, 2 Tests for South Africa 1895-96 1874 Daniel F Malan, premier of South Africa, 1948-54 1874 J H "Biddy" Anderson, cricketer, one Test South Africa vs. Australia 1902 1874 Count Alexander, of Athlone, Governor-General, South Africa/Canada 1872 World's largest gold nugget (215 kg) found in New South Wales 1872 John Henry Conyers of South Carolina becomes 1st black student at Annapolis 1872 Roald Amundsen, born in Norway, explorer, discovered South Pole 1872 Francis L Cardoza elected State Treasurer of South Carolina 1871 Great Britain annexes Griqualand South Africa 1870 James W Smith of South Carolina is 1st black to enter West Point 1869 University of South Carolina opens to all races 1868 B F Randolph, South Carolina state senator, assassinated 1868 1st black cabinet member in South Carolina (Francis L Cardozo-sect of state) 1868 FL, AL, LA, GA, North Carolina and South Carolina readmitted to US 1868 Robert Falcon Scott, British leader of ill-fated south pole expedition 1868 South Carolina voters approved constitution, 70,758 to 27,228 1868 J F "Flooi" Du Toit, cricketer, one Test South Africa 1892 1868 South Carolina constitutional convention, meets with a black majority 1867 General E R S Canby orders South Carolina courts to impanel blacks jurors 1867 Blacks vote for 1st time in a state election in South 1867 Reconstruction of South begins, black voter registration 1867 Siegfried Passarge, German geographer, Cameroon, South Africa,America 1867 Peabody Fund forms to promote Black education in South 1866 James B. Hertzog, South African general/premier, 1914 - 1939 1866 President Johnson ends war in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia 1865 Monty Bowden, cricketer, England Test captain vs. South Africa at 23 1865 Godfrey Cripps, cricketer, one Test South Africa vs. England 1892, 18 and 3 1865 Army commander in South Carolina orders Freedmen's Bureau to stop seizing land 1865 Battle of Ft. Moultrie, South Carolina occupied by Federals 1865 Evacuation of Charleston, South Carolina; Sherman's troops burn city 1865 Battle of Charleston South Carolina 1865 Columbia South Carolina burns down during Civil War 1865 General Sherman's march through South Carolina begins 1864 Battle of Honey Hill South Carolina (Broad River) 96 dead/665 wounded 1864 Battle of Allatoona, 1/3 of Union troops die repulsing South 1864 Battle of Yellow Tavern, Virginia (Sheridan's Raid, South Anna Bridge) 1864 General Sherman begins his march to the South 1863 Abraham Lincoln announces plan for Reconstruction of South 1863 Confederate troops vacate Fort Wagner South Carolina (1700 casualties) 1863 Battle of Fort Wagner, South Carolina - Second assault US1500 CS174 1863 Northern Territory passes from New South Wales to South Australia 1863 South defeats North in Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia 1863 Battle of Charleston, South Carolina, failed Federal fleet attack on Fort Sumter 1863 1st black Civil War regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, mustered into U.S. army 1862 Louis Botha, Greytown South Africa, 1st Prime Minister of South Africa, 1910 - 1919 1862 Battle at South Mountain: Union troops chases away Confederates 1862 Battle of Port Royal, South Carolina (Port Royal Ferry) 1862 Battle of Port Royal, South Carolina, Port Royal Ferry 1862 W H "Gobo" Ashley, cricketer, 7 wkts in 1 Test for South Africa 1889 1862 Battle of Ft. McRee, Florida Battle of Port Royal, South Carolina (Port Royal Ferry) 1861 Battle of Port Royal Bay, South Carolina (Ft. Walker, Ft. Beauregard) 1861 Naval Engagement at Charleston, South Carolina USS Flag vs BR Alert 1861 Battle of Vienna, Virginia and Secessionville, South Carolina, James Island 1861 Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with South 1861 Battle of Sewall's Point VA-1st Federal offense against South 1861 Fort Sumter, South Carolina is shelled by Confederacy, starting Civil War 1861 Confederate constitutional convention meets for 1st time, Montgomery, Alabama, Ga, Fla, La, Miss and South Carolina elect Jefferson Davis President of Confederacy 1861 South Carolina seizes inactive Ft. Johnson in Charleston Harbor 1860 South Carolina votes 169-0 for Ordinace of Secession, 1st state to secede 1860 Dem convention in Charleston South Carolina divided over slavery 1859 South Carolina declared an "independent commonwealth" 1859 Willem J. Leyds, Dutch/South Africa lawyer/politician/diplomat 1858 Frank Hearne, cricketer, bro of George and Alec, England and South Africa 1857 U.S. occupies Sand, Baker, Howland and Jarvis Is south of Hawaii 1857 A S C Wallis, [Adele South Carolina von Antal-Opzoomer], Dutch writer 1856 Constitution of South Australia adopted 1856 Owen Dunell, cricketer, South Africa's 1st Test captain 1856 Violence in Senate, South Carolina Representative Brooks used a cane on Massachusetts Senator Sumner 1855 Olive Schreiner, South African writer, Portrait of a South African Woman 1854 Christiaan R de Wet, South Africa, Boer General, Nicholsonsnek 1854 British recognize independence of Orange Free State (South Africa) 1854 Christiaan Rudolf de Wet, South African Politician 1853 Leander Starr Jameson, Prime Minister of South African Cape colony 1852 Andries H Potgieter, South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59 1852 British frigate Birkenhead sinks off South Africa-458 die 1852 British recognize independence of Transvaal (in South Africa) 1850 Jose Francisco de San Martin, South American revolutionary hero, dies 1850 John Wisden bowls all 10 South batsmen, North vs. South at Lord's 1848 Adam FJA van Duyn, governor of South Holland, dies at 77 1847 Jacobus Herculas [Uncle Koos] de la Rey, South African politician 1847 Stephanus J du Toit, South Africa theologist/journalist, Afr Bond 1847 Jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer, South America 1843 Natal (in South Africa) is made a British colony 1843 An alligator falls from sky during a Charleston South Carolina thunderstorm 1839 Henry Clarence Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet, Bell Birds 1839 Robert Smalls, born in Beaufort, South Carolina, black congressman 1875-87, Rep-SC 1838 Boers beat Zulu chieftain Dingaan in South Africa 1838 Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) 1st graduating class 1838 Wilkes' expedition to South Pole sails 1838 Pieter L Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull), murdered at 40 1838 Arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist 1838 1st official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide 1836 Adelaide, South Australia founded 1836 Theodore Dotrenge, South Netherland orangist, dies at about 74 1833 Britain seizes control of Falkland Islands in South Atlantic 1832 South Carolina passes Ordinance of Nullification 1831 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin departs England for South America 1831 Pieter J Joubert, general, South Africa 1830 Simon Bolivar, South American freedom fighter/"dictator", dies 1828 South Carolina declares right of states to nullify federal laws 1828 Shaka, South African Zulu king, dies 1826 Netherland's South Willems Port (Bosch-Luik) opens 1826 General Congress of South American States assembles at Panama 1825 Paulus Kruger, President of South African Republic, 1883, Boer leader 1824 Hercules Robinson, Ire, South Africa Commissioner, 1880-89, 1895-97 1824 Victor J van Hinsbergh, South Netherlands engraver, PTT Stempels 1824 Russia abandons all North American claims south of 54 degrees 40' N 1823 President Monroe appoints 1st U.S. ambassadors to South America 1822 Charles S Crocker, President of Central and South Pacific Railroad 1822 Denmark Vessy leads slave rebellion in South Carolina 1819 Marthinus Wessels Pretorius, 1st president, Republic South Africa 1818 Wade Hampton, born in South Carolina, Lieutenant General Confederate Army, died in 1902 1813 James Marion Sims, South Carolina, surgeon/gynecologist, vesicovaginal operation 1811 Venezuela, 1st South American country to gain independence from Spain 1797 Pieter L Uys, South African pioneer, Great Pull 1795 British capture Capetown South Africa 1795 George Peabody, South Danvers Massachusetts, merchant/philanthropist 1790 Territory South of River Ohio created by Congress 1788 South Carolina becomes 8th state to ratify U.S. constitution 1788 Captain Arthur Phillip hoists English flag on Botany Bay, New South Wales 1784 Johan B Straub, South German sculptor, dies 1784 Only known deaths by hailstones in U.S. in Winnsborough, South Carolina 1784 Patrice F earl de Neny, South Netherlands Secret Council chairman, dies at 67 1783 Pieter Valck(x), South Netherlands sculptor, dies at 49 1782 Charleston, South Carolina evacuated by British 1782 John Caldwell Calhoun, South Carolina, Andrew Jackson's Vice President, 1825 - 1832 1781 George Washington begins to move his troops south to fight Cornwallis 1780 Charles Alexander, Duke of Lotharingen South Netherlands, dies at 67 1780 British troops occupy Charleston, South Carolina 1780 Charleston, South Carolina falls to British (Revolutionary War) 1778 Articles of Confederation ratified by 1st state, South Carolina 1776 Captain Cook begins 3rd and last trip to Pacific (South Sea) 1776 Charleston, South Carolina repulses British sea attack 1772 Captain James Cook begins 2nd trip (Resolution) to South Seas 1771 Adam FJA van der Duyn, Dutch governor, South Holland 1770 Captain Cook arrives in New South Wales 1767 Andreas Hofer, South Tirol, military leader, fought Napoleon's France 1760 Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael, South Netherlands earl/general 1758 Edouard viscount de Walckiers, South Netherland banker/politician 1756 Governor Glen of South Carolina protests against 900 Acadia indians 1735 1st opera performed in America, "Flora," in Charleston, South Carolina 1734 1st Jockey Club forms in South Carolina 1732 21 homosexuality burned in South Horn 1723 Claude F Tserclaes, South Netherlands earl of Tilly, dies at 74 1721 South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony 1716 Patrice F earl De Neny, South Netherlands chairman of Secret Council 1715 Uprising of Yamasse-indians in South Carolina 1707 Michiel de Swaen, South Netherlands physician/poet, dies at 53 1697 Willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land" 1695 King Willem III escapes South Netherlands, back to England 1692 King Maximilian installed as land guardian of South Netherlands 1679 Thomas-Philippe d'alsace et de Boussu, South Netherland cardinal 1677 Jacob Campo Weyerman, South Netherlands adventurer/painter/writer 1669 Arnold Geulincx, South Netherlands philosopher (Cholera), dies at 45 1669 Pieter Cuypers, South Netherlands lawyer, dies at 48 1668 Antoon Anselmo, South Netherlands lawyer, dies at about 79 1655 Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer, dies at 81 1654 Michiel de Swaen, South Netherland physician/poet 1652 Dutch establish settlement at Cape Town, South Africa 1652 Cape Colony, the 1st European settlement in South Africa, established 1651 South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm 1649 Ferdinand van Boisschot, South Netherlands diplomat, dies at about 89 1642 Christiaan Huygens discovers Martian south polar cap 1641 Don Francisco de Mello appointed land guardian of South Netherlands 1624 Arnold Geulincx, South Netherland, philosopher, About Virtue 1598 Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Netherlands geographer, dies at 71 1584 John van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71 1580 Gaspar Schetz, South Netherlands, minster of chief treasurer, dies at 67 1573 Battle of South Seas - Dutch rebels beat Spanish navy 1573 Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer 1569 Pieter Bruegel, South Netherlands painter, dies at about 44 1569 King Philip II forms inquistion in South America 1556 Lieven van der Maude, [Ammonius], South Netherlands poet, dies at 70 1551 Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Netherlands lawyer/historian/theologist 1532 Zealand/South Holland flooded 1527 Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], born in South Netherlands, geographer 1519 Pizarro receives royal charter for South American west coast 1485 Lieven van der Maude [Ammonius], born in South Netherland, poet 1444 Robert Campin, South Netherlands painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65 1360 France invasion army lands on English south coast, conquers Winchel 1322 Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian 1311 General Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India 1298 Petrus Johannis Olivi, South France theologist, dies 1217 Battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France |
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