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Today in History: November 1st

───   08:00 Sat, 01 Nov 2014

Today in History: November 1st | News Article
Historical Events:
 
• 1896: First bare-breasted women (Zulu) to appear in National Geographic Magazine
• 1974: The QwaQwa homeland receives self-government status. (Date is given as 25 October by news24.com.)
• 1939: First jet plane, Heinkel He 178, demonstrated to German Air Ministry.
• 1995: South Africans vote in their first all-race local government elections and the African National Congress secures an impressive victory consolidating its dominant role in South African politics.
• 1950: Pope Pius XII witnesses "The Miracle of the Sun" while at the Vatican.

Arts, Music, TV:
 
• 1911: Woman's Weekly is published for the first time.
• 1950: Laurika Rauch, SA singer, is born.
• 1972: Anrich Herbst, SA actor, is born in Bloemfontein.
• 2002: P. Diddy charters two jets to fly 300 guests from New York to Marrakech (Marrakesh) to celebrate his 33rd birthday party in Morocco.
 
Sports:
 
• 1935: Gary Jim Player, SA PGA golfer (US 1965, British 1959, 1968, 1974), is born in Johannesburg. He is founder of the Player Foundation, which has already contributed more than R100 million to aid underprivileged children.
• 1959: Pote Human, SA rugby player, is born.
• 1988: Despite discussions with the SA Rugby Board, the ANC asks the International Rugby Board to prohibit a SA tour of the World Rugby Team in 1989.
• 1998: The SA cricket team beats the West Indies in Dhaka, Bangladesh, with 4 wickets in a one-day International Cricket Council Wills Cup match.
• 1959: Jim Brown scores 5 TDs in Cleveland Browns 38-31 win over Balt.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Source: historyorb.com & sahistory.org.com
Compiled by: Thandi Xaba

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