• 1981: SA cross-border raid in Maputo kills several.
• 1987: Carte Blanche is denied permission to quote Oliver Tambo.
• 1948: Mohandas Gandhi is assassinated by a Hindu nationalist in New Delhi, India.
• 1903: American Political Science Association founded at New Orleans.
• 1924: Astronomer Edwin Hubble formally announces existence of other galactic systems at meeting of the American Astronomical Society.
• 1987: Premier Mugabe elected president of Zimbabwe.
• 1967: Beatles' "Hello Goodbye" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks.
• 1980: "Wonderful World of Disney" last performance on NBC-TV.
• 1990: "Miser" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 93 performances.
• 1971: Daniel Sunjata, American actor is born.
• 1911: Crickets S F Barnes takes 5-6 in 1st 11 overs v Aust at MCG.
• 1913: Barnes takes 17 wickets vs South Africa (8-56 & 9-103).
• 1953: Paul Emile Rossouw, the first athlete in the world to jump higher than 2.13 m at the age of 16, is born in Springs.
• 1988: Hansie Cronje gets a pair in 2nd 1st-class game (OFS vs. N Tvl).
• 2002: The Somerset Mall 10km race is won by Thembelani Zola (Mr Price) in an excellent time of 30,4, followed closely by team mate Neo Molema in 30:32 and Owen MacHelm (Mr Price Maties) in 30:43.
Compiled by: Thandi Xaba