• 1914: Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
• 1952: "I am an American Day" & "Constitution Day" renamed "Citizenship Day".
• 1991: The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.
• 1999: President Thabo Mbeki receives an Honorary Doctorate from the Rand Afrikaans University.
• 1884: Joanna Everarda (Jo) Fourie, one of the most avid collectors of Afrikaans folk music (Boeremusiek), is born.
• 1923: Roy Martin Macnab, writer, poet and former cultural attaché in London, is born in Durban.
• 1946: "Gypsy Lady," opens at Century Theater NYC for 79 performances.
• 1967: "Mission Impossible" premieres on CBS-TV.
• 1825: Sir Donald Currie, ship magnate and donor of the Currie Cups for rugby and cricket, is born in Greenock, Scotland.
• 1908: Ernest George Bock, SA cricket player in one test match (1935/1936), is born in Kimberley.
• 1947: Jackie Robinson is named Rookie of Year by Sporting News.
• 1954: Rocky Marciano KOs Ezzard Charles in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
• 2004: The Paralympic Games open in Athens, with Amakrokokroko table tennis star Rosabelle Riese carrying the SA flag and leading the team into the opening ceremony.