Historical Events:

• 1876: Chief Justice F.W. Reitz opens the first session of the supreme court of the Orange Free State.
• 1924: Robert Mugabe, the first premier and president of Zimbabwe, is born.
• 1965: Rights activist Malcolm X is shot dead by Nation of Islam followers at Audubon Ballroom in New York.
• 1972: Richard Nixon becomes 1st US president to visit China.
• 1986: SA government opens "whites only" downtown districts of Johannesburg and Durban to all races in the first break with apartheid policy of segregated business areas.
• 1989: Two bodyguards of Winnie Mandela are accused of the murder of Stompie Sepei (14).
• 1986: AIDS patient Ryan White returns to classes at Western Middle School.

Arts, Music, TV:

• 1877: Jacob Daniël du Toit (Totius), poet and Afrikaans Bible translator, is born in the Paarl vicinity, CC.
• 1951: SC House urges "Shoeless Joe" Jackson be reinstated.
• 1970: Jackson 5 make TV debut on "American Bandstand".
• 1975: John Lennon releases "Rock 'n' Roll" album.
• 1988: Televangelist Jimmy Swaggert confesses his sins to his congregation.
• 2003: Bill Maher's political talk show "Real Time with Bill Maher" debuts on HBO.

Sports:

• 1968: Baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000.
• 1982: Beth Daniel wins LPGA Bent Tree Ladies Golf Classic.
• 1985: Largest NBA crowd to date 44,970 (Atlanta at Detroit).
• 1988: Gustafson skates world record 10km (13:48.20).
• 1983: Donald Davis runs 1 mile backwards in 6 m 7.1 s
• 1986: Tennis star Jimmy Connors fined $20,000 & suspended for 10 weeks













Source: historyorb.com & sahistory.org.com
Compiled by: Thandi Xaba