2006 Han Myung-sook elected Prime Minister of South Korea
2005 South Africa is the 5th country to recognize same-sex marriages
2004 Brenda Fassie, South African Musician
2003 Strom Thurmond, politician, South Carolina senator for a very long time, dies at 100
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/sect-gen (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, Neth/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 in NZ 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 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 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 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, Gov of, South Dakota, and 7 others, die in a plane crash
1993 Chris Hani, sec-gen 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 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 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 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 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 NZ 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
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 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. Aust 1935-36), dies
1985 1st remote location for "Nightline" (South Africa)
1985 Last edition of Brink Daily Mail/Sunday Express in South Africa
1985 South Africa will repeal sex and marriage laws against whites and non-whites
1985 South Africa President PW Botha offers to free Mandela if he denounces violence
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 Dick Whitington, journalist/cricketer (South Aust 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 Rev 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 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 Aust 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 Aust 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, Hoopstad South Africa, tennis star, 1996 Aust 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 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 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 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 capt, 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 PM (1958-66), 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 Gen 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. NZ 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 milt 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 Gen 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 Gen 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 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. NZ, 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 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 hrs
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/Capt 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 PM 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 Adm GJ Dufek
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 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 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 Str˜dom 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-Joanna
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, sec-gen 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 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
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