Historical Events:

• 1947: International Monetary Fund begins operation.
• 1953: Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses. He dies four days later.
• 1963: 200,000 French mine workers strike.
• 1978: Charlie Chaplin's coffin and remains are stolen from a Swiss cemetery.
• 1982: Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus, sends back data.
• 1922: The University College, Johannesburg, attains full university status under the name The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

Arts, Music, TV:

• 1878: A.G. Visser, teacher, medical doctor and Afrikaans poet, is born in Fraserburg.
• 1970: Charles Manson's album "Lie" is released.
• 1974: George Harrison announces his concert tour of US in November
• 1975: 17th Grammy Awards: I Honestly Love You, Marvin Hamlisch win.
• 1985: Singer & Actress Liza Minnelli enters Betty Ford Drug Center.

Sports:

• 1973: Robyn Smith becomes 1st female jockey to win a major race.
• 1981: Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic.
• 1992: Nelson Diebel swims 100m freestyle US record (54.48 secs).
• 1996: Lenny Wilkens, winningest coach in NBA, coaches his 1,000th victory.
• 1975: Jody Scheckter wins the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami in his Tyrrell Cosworth. He is only the second South African-born driver to win his home Grand Prix, after Buller Meyer in 1938.












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