• 1912: Gen. Louis Botha, SA premier, resigns because of the anti-British tone in the De Wildt speech by Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog. On request of the governor-general, Botha appoints a new cabinet, omitting Hertzog.
• 1987: Chrysler pleads no contest to selling driven vehicles as new.
• 1995: AIDS patient Jeff Getty recieves baboon bone marrow transplant.
• 2003: President George W. Bush announces the capture of Saddam Hussein.
• 2006: According the Safety and Security Minister , replies to a parliamentary question posed by the Democratic Alliance, that 1 128 children were murdered in South Africa the previous year.
• 1961: Jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John" is 1st country song to get a gold record.
• 1964: Michael Brown meets Rene Fladen, then writes "Walk Away Rene".
• 1938: The Federation of Amateur Theatrical Societies of South Africa (FATSA) is established in Krugersdorp, with Breytie Breytenbach as first president.
• 1970: Cecilia Wessels (75), SA opera singer, dies in Cape Town.
• 1952: R H Shodhan scores 110 on Test Cricket debut v Pakistan, Calcutta.
• 1968: Bobby Orr scores first career hat trick (vs Chicago Blackhawks).
• 1999: Clarence Mlokoti, a founder member of Kaizer Chiefs, is shot dead by hijackers when they try to take his car.