Today in History: May 31st

World News

─── 08:00 Sat, 31 May 2014

Historical Events:

• 1910: Union of South Africa is inaugurated.

• 1961: The Republic of South Africa is established.
• 2013: World No Tobacco Day is observed.

• 1907: Taxis first began running in New York City.

Arts, Music, TV:

• 1953: WSUN TV channel 38 in St Petersburg-Tampa, FL (IND) 1st broadcast.
• 1958: Dick Dale invents "surf music" with "Let's Go Trippin".
• 1962: "Tell It To Groucho" last airs on CBS-TV.

• 1930: Clint Eastwood, SF California, actor (Dirty Harry)/mayor (Carmel, California) is born.

Sports:

• 1989: Samuel Tshabalala becomes the first black athlete to win the Pietermaritzburg-Durban Comrades Marathon.
• 1938: Bill Edrich scores his 1,000th run of cricket season, all at Lord's.
• 1964: Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open.
• 1958: Angel Franco, Asuncion Paraguay, golfer (1993 Nike Dominion) is born.

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