Historical Events:

• 1963: Touch-tone telephone introduced.
• 1966: Siamese twins are separated in Cape Town, the first successful operation of that kind in SA.
• 1962: A list of 437 persons said to have been office-bearers, officers, members or active supporters of the banned Communist Party of South Africa is published.
• 1989: President F.W. de Klerk announces SA beaches open to all racial groups and promises repeal of Separate Amenities Act.
• 2000: Bill Clinton becomes the first U.S. President to visit Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War.

Arts, Music, TV:

• 1907: Elsa Fouché, SA actress, is born at Kommissiedrift, district of Rustenburg, Tvl.
• 1965: Walt Disney launches Epcot Center: Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.
• 1906: Abraham Jacobus (Kootjie) van den Heever, journalist and author and younger brother of C.M. van den Heever, is born on the farm Poortjie, district Trompsburg, OFS.
• 1930: Chinua Achebe, Nigerian (Igbo) novelist, whose first novel Things Fall Apart was published in 1958, is born.
• 1905: Albert Nzula, teacher, journalist and leader of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), is born in Rouxville, OFS.

Sports:

• 1968: The SA rugby team beats France 16-11 in Paris.
• 1981: Dennis Lillee kicked Javed Miandad, who waved his bat at Dennis.
• 2012: Bob Scott, New Zealand Rugby player, dies at 91.
• 2003: Lionel Messi makes his official debut for FC Barcelona.












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