World News
Today in History: February 22nd─── 08:00 Sun, 22 Feb 2015
Historical Events:
• 1886: The first gold (61 ounces) is sent from Kromdraai in the Witwatersrand to the Standard Bank in Pretoria.
• 1964: Ghana becomes a one-party Socialist state.
• 1988: Mr Mxolisi Mswela, national organiser of the Azanian Students' Movement (AZASM) is arrested at his home and held under the Internal Security Act of 1982.
• 1991: President F.W. de Klerk and ANC deputy president Nelson Mandela share a public platform for the first time as they jointly receive the Johannesburg Press Club's Newsmaker of the Year award. Mandela calls for an interim government before negotiations, while De Klerk opposes the idea.
• 1997: Dolly the sheep, world's first cloned mamual (from an adult cell) existence announced by the Roslin Institute in Scotland.
• 1989: UK physicist Stephen Hawking calls Star Wars a "deliberate fraud".
Arts, Music, TV:
• 1989: 31st Grammy Awards: Don't Worry Be Happy, Faith, Tracy Chapman.
• 1989: 1st Spanish commercial on network TV (Pepsi-Cola-CBS Grammy Award).
• 2009: Heath Ledger, posthumously, wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Act for his performance as the Joker in "The Dark Knight".
• 2009: 81st Academy Awards - "Slumdog Millionare," Sean Penn & Kate Winslet win.
Sports:
• 1969: Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st female jockey to win at a major US track
• 1991: Test Cricket debut of Sanath Jayasuriya, vs NZ at Hamilton.
• 1998: 18th Winter Olympic games close at Nagano Japan.
• 1981: Amy Alcott wins LPGA Bent Tree Ladies Golf Classic
• 2014: Marit Bjørgen of Norway becomes the most successful female Winter Olympian with 10 medals.
Source: historyorb.com & sahistory.org.com
Compiled by: Thandi Xaba