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Today in History: May 17th─── 14:26 Tue, 13 May 2014
Historical Events:
• 1838: SA sugar magnate Sir Hulett is born.
• 1900: Esther Franks, physician and first woman ophthalmic surgeon to practise in SA, is born in Zurich.
• 2013: 90 people are killed and 200 are injured after a series of bombings across Iraq.
• 1960: Belgian authority in the Congo has almost completely disintegrated. Patrice Lumumba is now in control of much of the country.
Arts, Music, TV:
• 1973: Maggie Laubser, SA painter and winner of several awards, dies.
• 1967: Dylan's 1965 UK Tour is released as film "Don't Look Back".
• 1975: "Funky Gibbon" by The Goodies hits #79.
• 1975: Mick Jagger punches a restaurant window, gets 20 stitches.
Sports:
• 1953: Yanks & Browns use record 41 players in a game.
• 1964: Mickey Wright wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open Invitational.
• 1981: Islanders score 5 power play goals against Flyers in a playoff.
• 1981: Leon Osman, English footballer.
Source: historyorb.com & sahistory.org.com
Compiled by: Thandi Xaba
• 1838: SA sugar magnate Sir Hulett is born.
• 1900: Esther Franks, physician and first woman ophthalmic surgeon to practise in SA, is born in Zurich.
• 2013: 90 people are killed and 200 are injured after a series of bombings across Iraq.
• 1960: Belgian authority in the Congo has almost completely disintegrated. Patrice Lumumba is now in control of much of the country.
Arts, Music, TV:
• 1973: Maggie Laubser, SA painter and winner of several awards, dies.
• 1967: Dylan's 1965 UK Tour is released as film "Don't Look Back".
• 1975: "Funky Gibbon" by The Goodies hits #79.
• 1975: Mick Jagger punches a restaurant window, gets 20 stitches.
Sports:
• 1953: Yanks & Browns use record 41 players in a game.
• 1964: Mickey Wright wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open Invitational.
• 1981: Islanders score 5 power play goals against Flyers in a playoff.
• 1981: Leon Osman, English footballer.
Source: historyorb.com & sahistory.org.com
Compiled by: Thandi Xaba
