• 1956: Dr Stanley Makhosi Bhebhe, SA theologian and sociologist, is born.
• 1966: The Rand Afrikaans University (RAU), second university with its seat in Johannesburg (after the University of the Witwatersrand), is established by an act of parliament.
• 1999: Former SA President Nelson Mandela begins his first visit to Israel, a gesture of final reconciliation with a nation that had backed South Africa's apartheid regime.
• 1888: Ernst Berthold Grosskopf, SA journalist and author, is born in Bloemfontein.
• 1985: South African authorities hang Black activist and poet Benjamin Moloise for allegedly killing a police officer.
• 1967: Walt Disney's "Jungle Book" is released.
• 1929: Herbert Hayton Castens, first SA rugby captain and also captain of the first SA cricket team to tour overseas, dies in London.
• 1974: 1st NBA game at Market Square Arena - Pacers beat Spurs 129-121.
• 1998: Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf.