Historical Events:

• 1974: BBC Ceefax begins 1st teletext service
• 1990: Winnie Mandela tells a 3000-strong crowd in Welkom that the ANC is committed to the armed struggle.
• 1999: Qantas Flight 1 overruns the runway in Bangkok during a storm. While some passengers only received minor injuries, it is still the worst crash in Qantas's history to date.
• 2002: The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released.
• 2012: Scientists discover four genetically distinct types of breast cancer.

Arts, Music, TV:

• 1924: Olga Kirsch, SA poet who immigrated to Israel, is born in Koppies, OFS.
• 1952: 1st closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event.
• 1961: 1st movie to become a TV series-How to Marry a Millionaire.
• 1977: Cheryl Ladd replaces Farrah Fawcett on Charlie's Angels.

Sports:

• 1952: Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 13 for heavyweight boxing title.
• 1983: Gerrie Coetzee, SA heavyweight boxing champion, wins the World Boxing Association (WBA) title in the US by knocking out American Michael Dokes and becomes the first South African boxer to win a world heavyweight title.
• 1991: Mandela supports SA's bid to play in next year's cricket World Cup.
• 1992: 1st female to play in a NHL exhibition game (Manon Rheaume, goalie) for Tampa Bay Lightning - gives up 2 goals on 9 attempts in 1 period.
















Source: historyorb.com & sahistory.org.com
Compiled by: Thandi Xaba