Historical Events:

• 1958: Former South African Prime Minister Strijdom dies.
• 1858: Richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning.
• 1993: Mars Observer comes closest to Mars.
• 1994: Israel & PLO initialed accord giving autonomy to Palestinians in West Bank in education, health, taxation, social welfare & tourism.

Arts, Music, TV:

• 1862: The Alabama, remembered in the Cape song 'Daar kom die Alabama", starts its voyages.
• 1991: Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation.
• 1979: Cars play concert in New York Central Park.
• 1948: Jean-Michel Jarre, French musician.

Sports:

• 1963: First 200 metre freestyle swum under 2 minutes (Don Schollander 1:58).
• 1996: The SA rugby team loses the third test against New Zealand 26-33 in Pretoria.
• 2004: SA's gold-panning team returns victorious from the World Gold Panning Championships held in Slovakia, with one gold and two bronze medals.
• 1997: Saint Luke's Senior Golf Classic.










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