World News
Today in History: August 27th─── 08:00 Wed, 27 Aug 2014
Historical Events:
• 1919: General Louis Botha dies.
• 1932: 200,000 English textile workers strike.
• 1939: Erich Warsitz makes first jet-propelled flight (in a Heinkel He-178).
• 1928: Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, leader of the IFP and former minister home affairs, is born.
• 1975: Haile Selassie (83), deposed Ethiopian emperor, dies.
Arts, Music, TV:
• 1963: W. E. B. Du Bois (95), writer, Pan-Africanist activist and founder of the NAACP, dies in Accra, Ghana.
• 1998: Nicolaas Georg (Klaas) Steytler (76), SA author and former editor of Die Huisgenoot, dies in Cape Town.
• 1955: "Guinness Book of World Records" 1st published.
Sports:
• 1965: Gerald Edward (Boysie) Bond (56), SA cricket player in one test (1938-1939), dies in Cape Town.
• 1960: Mickey Wright wins LPGA Grossinger Golf Open.
• 1975: First night match at US Tennis Open (Parun defeats Smith).
Source: historyorb.com & sahistory.org.com
Compiled by: Thandi Xaba