1966 Birthday Zola Budd, born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, track and field long distance runner, trained and raced barefoot, politically controversial figure, two-time Women's 5000 meters world record holder, two-time World Cross Country Championships winner 1901 Event Emily Hobhouse view lord Kitcheners concentration camp at Bloemfontein 1900 Event British troops occupy Bloemfontein, Orange-Free state 1900 Event President Steyn of Orange-Free state flees from Bloemfontein 1854 Event Great Britain and Orange Free state sign Convention of Bloemfontein
