• 1860: Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
• 1864: The town of Bethlehem, Free State, is founded
• 1980: First Multiracial Election is held in Zimbabwe.
• 1978: Robert Mangaliso (Wonder) Sobukwe (54), founder member and first president of the Pan Africanist Congress, dies in the Kimberley General Hospital between midnight and 01h00 on February 27 1978. Sources differ. However, this date seems to be the correct one.
• 1988: Members of the Afrikaner Resistance Movement (AWB) march to Pretoria and call for a Volkstaat for the Afrikaner people.
• 2005: Seven impalas are trapped in a camp and viciously beaten to death at Skukuza, Kruger National Park. Four SANParks employees are arrested and are facing charges that include poaching.
• 1991: Singer James Brown is released from prison.
• 1998: 12th Soul Train Music Awards: Puff Daddy, Whitney Houston win.
• 1981: Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder record "Ebony & Ivory".
• 1981: Josh Groban, American singer (You Raise Me Up), born in Los Angeles, California.
• 1991: Ben Elton's "Silly Cow" premieres in London.
• 1984: Olympic Sprinter and Long jumper Carl Lewis jumps world record indoor (8,675 m).
• 1958: Former Springboks player, Naas Botha is born.
• 1992: Tiger Woods, 16, becomes youngest PGA golfer in 35 years
• 1944: Robert Graeme Pollock, South African cricket player, is born in Durban.
• 1977: Judy Rankin wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic.
• 1999: The Bafana Bafana, SA soccer team, wins the home game against Gabon 4-1.
Compiled by: Thandi Xaba