World News
Today in History: September 20th─── 08:00 Sat, 20 Sep 2014
Historical Events:
• 196: 35th US President John F. Kennedy proposes a joint US-Soviet voyage to the moon
• 1989: FW De Klerk sworn in as president of South Africa.
• 2001: In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "war on terror".
• 2003: Zimbabwean vice president, Simon Muzenda dies after a long illness.
• 2004: Nine miners die in an underground fire at the Northam Platinum mine near Thabazimbi.
Arts, Music, TV:
• 1904: Pieter Johannes Schoeman, SA author who is known for his sympathetic picturing of the Swazi, Zulu and San people, is born in Utrecht district, Natal.
• 1984: "Cosby Show" premieres on NBC-TV.
• 1985: Walt Disney World's 200-millionth guest.
• 2013: Grand Theft Auto becomes the fastest entertainment product to reach $1 Billion in sales.
Sports:
• 1990: John Tavares, Canadian ice hockey player is born.
• 2004: Natalie du Toit, South Africa's star performer at the Athens Paralympic Games wins her second gold medal with a record victory in the 100 m freestyle.
• 2004: Pretoria schoolboy sprinter of Pretoria Boys' High, Oscar Pistorius, falls coming out of the start of his 200m heat for leg amputees, then showed mind-blowing speed and tenacity to surge from last to victory in a world record 23.42sec for double-amputees at the Athens Paralympic Games.
Source: historyorb.com & sahistory.org.com
Compiled by: Thandi Xaba