2015 Event The U.S. is allocating $300 million to an HIV reduction program for females ages 15 to 24; the goal is to cut infections by 40% by the end of 2017 in Malawi, Kenya, Swaziland, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Uganda, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Lesotho 2015 Event Scientists discover a cache of skeletons of a new species of human ancestor, named Homo naledi, in a South African cave; the hominids are thought to have possibly lived up to three million years ago 2015 Event Officials from North Korea and South Korea meet to discuss issues that have led to recent hostile incidents along the border; South Korea is currently conducting military exercises with the United States, which North Korea claims is a threat 2015 Event The Confederate flag is removed from the South Carolina capitol grounds after the state government enacted a law to permanently remove it; the flag, part of U.S. Civil War history, is viewed by many as a symbol of racism 2015 Event Nikki Haley, governor of South Carolina, supports removal of the Confederate flag from state grounds; however, the state legislature must first overturn a law requiring the flag to be flown at the Confederate Soldier Monument 2015 Event A rally calling for removal of the Confederate flag forms at the capitol building of the U.S. state of South Carolina in response to a shooting earlier this week of nine African-Americans by white supremacist Dylann Storm Roof 2015 Event An outbreak of Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) continues to spread in South Korea, where 11 people have died, 126 have been diagnosed, and over 3,000 people have been quarantined in an attempt to stop the epidemic 2015 Event Concerns over security in the Asia-Pacific region are raised after a U.S. surveillance flight identifies artillery on one of the man-made islands under development by China in the South China Sea 2015 Event A 37-year-old man from South Carolina is rescued 500 miles from home after 66 days lost at sea; Louis Jordan had been in an antique 35-foot sailboat fishing in the open sea when the boat capsized in a storm, and he survived on fish and rainwater 2014 Event South Korea bans poultry from the U.S. due to potential bird flu concerns; South Korea is working to contain the spread of the virus among its own avian population 2014 Event In a potential attempt to claim sovereignty, China is building an island in the South China Sea in an area claimed by several nations; sources speculate that the island may be used to support an airstrip and military activities 2014 Event South African President Jacob Zuma is sworn into office for his second 5-year term 2014 Event 174 people have been rescued from a South Korean ferry that capsized off the coast; the ferry was carrying 476 people, mainly students; rescue efforts are ongoing 2014 Event A total lunar eclipse takes place tonight; the eclipse will be visible in North and South America, New Zealand, Australia and nearby regions; the next total lunar eclipse will take place on October 8, 2014 2014 Event Nigeria rebases its GDP calculations, making its economy the largest in Africa on a total GDP basis; however, South Africa leads on a GDP per capita basis 2014 Event The 16,480-foot Tungurahua volcano erupts twice; the volcano is located about 90 miles south of Quito in Ecuador 2014 Event Benigno Aquino III, President of the Philippines, considers the territorial claims China has made in the South China Sea comparable to the Nazi Germany invasion of Czechoslovakia 2014 Event U.S. Southern states of Georgia, Louisiana and South Carolina experience a mix of snow and ice, declaring emergencies as over 3,400 flights are cancelled; temperatures dip 10 to 20 degrees below normal 2014 Event A rare, blue, 29.6-carat diamond, one of the most exceptional ever mined at the Cullinan mine, is discovered about 25 miles northeast of Pretoria, South Africa 2014 Event Social security numbers and credit cards details of more than 20 million South Koreans are stolen by an IT contractor 2014 Event A new world record is achieved by the United Kingdom's Lewis Clarke of Bristol; the 16 year-old becomes the youngest person to trek to the South Pole 2014 Event A deteriorating security situation prompts the evacuation of Americans from its embassy in South Sudan 2013 Event A 5.8-magnitude earthquake strikes 50 miles south southwest of Avsallar, Turkey in the Mediterranean Sea 2013 Event Pope Francis gives his Urbi et Orbi speech (to the City of Rome and to the World), a papal address and Apostolic Blessing dating back to Ancient Rome; the Pope calls for peace in Syria and South Sudan 2013 Event The body of former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, is flown from Pretoria to the leader's ancestral village of Qunu, his final resting place 2013 Event After the People's Republic of China expands its air zone, South Korea responds by expand its air defense zone, causing rising tensions in the region 2013 Event Former South African President and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, dies at the age of 95 2013 Event A report from Japan's Coast Guard and earthquake experts claims that a new islet has been created; a volcanic eruption raised the new island, which is located off the coast of Nishinoshima - a small, uninhabited island in the Ogasawara chain, far south of Tokyo 2013 Event Major bushfires that have endangered lives and destroyed homes cause Barry O'Farrell, the Premier of Australia's New South Wales to declare a state of emergency 2013 Event Reports citing leaks of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant lead South Korea to ban all fishery imports from eight of Japan's prefectures 2013 Event Nelson Mandela, South Africa's former President, is released after spending almost three months in a Pretoria hospital 2013 Event North and South Korea agree to reopen the jointly-operated Kaesong Industrial Region 2013 Event The entire government of South Sudan, including its Vice President, Riek Machar, is fired by the President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit 2013 Event China's President, Xi Jinping and South Koran President Park Geun-hye meet for four days of talks aimed at reducing tensions on the Koran Peninsula 2013 Event Former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, is receiving care for a lung infection that has worsened, leaving him in critical condition 2013 Event North Korea restores the Red Cross link used for government-to-government communications with South Korea 2013 Event No casualties are reported after a U.S. military Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter crashes near the South Korean border with North Korea 2013 Event Authorities from North Korea, advise authorities to leave South Korea soon, anticipating a possible conflict 2013 Event China reports it will open the South China Sea's Paracel Islands to tourism before the May Day holiday. Vietnam voices strong opposition this move, as ownership of the Islands is in dispute 2013 Event After being hospitalized for nine days for pneumonia, former South African President Nelson Mandela, age 94, was released from the hospital 2013 Event Days after a new U.S.-South Korea military pact, North Korea issues new threats to strike targets in Hawaii, Guam, South Korea and the U.S. mainland 2013 Event The U.S. military used B-52 bombers in joint military drills with South Korea; in response, North Korea threatens to attack America's military bases in Japan 2013 Event South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela is released from the hospital after having "successful" medical tests; prior reports stated he was hospitalized for a routine checkup 2013 Event Anti-apartheid leader and former President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, age 94 is hospitalized for, what sources say, was a routine checkup 2013 Event During a U.N. conference on disarmament, North Korea threatens to destroy South Korea 2012 Event The launch of a space satellite into space by North Korea is disputed by South Korean defense ministry, who claim it was a disguised test of a 10,000 km range missile 2012 Event A tight race is expected in South Korea as voters choose between Moon Jae-in, of South Korea's Democratic United Party, and Park Geun-hye, of the conservative Saenuri Party 2012 Event Outgoing U.S. Senator Jim DeMint is replaced by GOP Congressman Tim Scott, the first black senator from the South since 1881 2012 Event Kgalema Motlanthe, Deputy President of South Africa, challenges party leadership by President Jacob Zuma at the opening of the African National Congress (ANC) 2012 Event Vietnamese police break up anti-China protests over oil and gas claims in the disputed territorial waters of the South China Sea 2012 Event Vietnam accuses China of cutting seismic survey cables from territorial waters in the South China, disputed by Vietnam, the Philippines Malaysia, Taiwan, and Brunei 2012 Event Egypt's minister of transport, Mohamed Rashad Al Matini, resigns after a school bus carrying 60 schoolchildren is hit by a train near Manfalut, 230 miles south of Cairo 2012 Event Parts of Australia and the South Pacific witness a total solar eclipse, with Cairns being the most populated city to experience this rare event 2012 Event Former U.S. Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern dies at age 90 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota 2012 Event After a strike over working conditions, the world's biggest platinum producer, Anglo Platinum Limited, fires 12,000 people in South Africa 2012 Event Typhoon Bolaven hits South Korea. leaving at least four Chinese fishermen dead and another twelve missing 2012 Event South Africa's Oscar Pistorius becomes the first amputee to compete at the Olympic Games in the 400 meters 2012 Event A new Olympic Record in the men's 100m breaststroke is set at the 2012 Summer Olympics, by Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa 2012 Event Tropical Storm Khanun left 16,000 people homeless in South Korea 2012 Event At a meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Panama City, South Korea announces it's plans to begin 'scientific' whaling of minke whales 2012 Event South Korea announces that it plans to sign a pact with Japan that encourages the sharing of sensitive military intelligence 2012 Event Israel announces it is deporting its first planeload of South Sudanese illegal migrants 2012 Event A South African newspaper removes the controversial painting titled 'The Spear' by Brett Murray from its website 2012 Event Voters in Lesotho, a landlocked country completely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa, go to the polls for a general election 2012 Event Accused of spying, Sudan arrest four foreigners in the disputed border region with South Sudan 2012 Event After a case of mad cow disease is reported in South Korea, retailers cease selling U.S. beef 2012 Event In New Delhi, India, leaders of Brazil, Russia, China, South Africa and India meet for the 2012 BRICS summit 2012 Event World leaders discuss nuclear security during a summit in Seoul, South Korea 2012 Event U.S. President Barack Obama begins a three-day visit to South Korea, as tensions rise over North Korea's proposed missile tests 2011 Event The New South Wales boat 'Loki' is proclaimed the winner of the 2011 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race 2011 Event The South Pole records its warmest temperature at -12.3 degrees Celsius at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station 2011 Event North Korea states is will accept all South Korean delegations who wish to pay their respects to the late leader Kim Jong-il 2011 Event In Pakistan's South Waziristan province, 13 militants in a compound are believed to have been killed by U.S. drone missiles 2011 Event In Georgia's region of South Ossetia, voters go to the polls for a presidential election and referendum 2011 Event South Australia swears in their new Premier, Jay Weatherill after officially electing him as the leader of the Australian Labor Party 2011 Event Two South African farm workers begin trial for murdering white supremacist Eugene Terre'Blanche 2011 Event In western Ethiopia, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees opens new refugee camp for refugees from Sudan and South Sudan 2011 Event Japan asks South Korea to refute a plan to build a Korean World War II 'comfort women' monument near Seoul's Japanese embassy 2011 Event In South Korea, the Financial Services Commission reveals they plan to inject more money into suspended local savings banks 2011 Event A 5.8 magnitude earthquake and two lesser related quakes strike 32 miles south of Guatemala City, Guatemala, claiming 3 lives 2011 Event In South Africa, scientists find Australopithecus sediba skeletons are 2 million years old, suggesting the hominid species could be a transitional fossil between apes and humans 2011 Event The South Korean military has police clear protesters from the building site of its new naval base in Jeju-do 2011 Event In an effort to stop the growth of household debt, South Korean banks temporarily stop making household loans 2011 Event Snow on New Zealand's North and South Islands disrupts power supplies, causes road closures and closure of the Wellington International Airport 2011 Event New Zealand's highest mountain, the south ridge of Aoraki/Mount Cook, is renamed Hillary Ridge after Sir Edmund Hillary, first to conquer Mt. Everest 2011 Event The African Union gains its 54th member, South Sudan 2011 Event South Sudan becomes a sovereign state after seceding from Sudan 2011 Event In efforts to avoid food shortages and political oppression, South Korea begins work on a new facility to house North Korean refugees 2011 Event The host city of the 2018 Winter Olympics will be Pyeongchang, South Korea; the winter multi-sport event will take place between the 9th and 24th of February, 2018 2011 Event South Korea states it plans to build a new resettlement center for North Korean refugees 2011 Event For the third straight week, hundreds of Vietnamese citizens protest outside China's embassy in Hanoi against disputed areas in the South China Sea 2011 Event Ancient Korean royal books looted by French troops in 1866 are returned to South Korea; 1,000 officials and locals celebrate the return of the 297-volume 'Oegyujanggak' books 2011 Event South Korea's Central Bank raises its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points, to 3.25 percent 2011 Event In Vietnam, hundreds demonstrate against Chinese naval operations in the disputed waters of the South China Sea 2011 Event New South Wales swears in its new Premier, Barry O'Farrell, following its state election 2011 Event In South Dakota, Governor Dennis Daugaard signs an abortion bill that requires women to undertake counseling and wait 72 hours, the longest period in the U.S. 2011 Event North and South Korean officials meet for working-level military talks, the first Korean dialogue in eight months 2011 Event In a referendum based on official figures, nearly 99% of South Sudanese voted for independence from the north 2011 Event In South Korea, 1.4 million domestic pigs are buried alive to combat an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease 2010 Event Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa, will have a street named after him in Capetown 2010 Event China and South Korea plan to hold defense talks in February 2011 concerning growing regional tension on the Korean Peninsula 2010 Event Floodwaters rise throughout New South Wales; they cause thousands to evacuate the Australian town of Wagga Wagga 2010 Event In a dispute over the use of rare earth metals, China cancels a meeting with Japan and South Korea 2010 Event Pusan, South Korea, celebrates the 15th annual Pusan International Film Festival 2010 Event For the first time in two years, South Korea and North Korea reach an agreement to hold working-level military talks 2010 Event Mexican Naval Infantry discover 72 corpses near the U.S. Texas border, believed to be migrants from Central America and South America murdered by a drug cartel 2010 Event Afghan archeologists discover the remains of a Buddhist site located south of Kabul 2010 Event South Korea states that North Korea fired over 100 rounds of artillery into the Sea of Japan, signaling tension along the Korean Peninsula 2010 Event South Africa's top police officer, Jackie Selebi, former chief of Interpol, is sentenced to 15 years in prison for corruption 2010 Event South Korea develops a long-range cruise missile reportedly capable of striking North Korea, Japan, Russia and China 2010 Event A fuel tanker overturns and explodes in South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing over 230 people and injuring 2010 Event After South Korea's ROKS Cheonan ship is sunk by North Korea, South Korea cuts off trade with North Korea and announces North Korean ships will no longer be allowed to use South Korean waters 2010 Event Renewed tribal clashes in Sudan's South Darfur state result in 52 civilians killed and 55 others wounded 2010 Event Nepal declares a national day of mourning in honor of Girija Prasad Koirala, the 'elder statesman of South Asia' who dies in Kathmandu at age 86 2010 Event Somali pirates seize a North-Korean flagged cargo ship south of Yemen 2009 Event Slovenia agrees to allow Russia's South Stream gas pipeline to Europe pass through their country 2009 Event Two mass graves relating to Columbia's long fight with the Farc, were found in northwest and south Columbia 2009 Event Under investigation for bribery during his Presidency, former President of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, commits suicide 2009 Death Helen Suzman, dies in Johannesburg, South Africa, at 91 2007 Death Ian Smith, dies in Capetown, South Africa, at 88 2006 Event Han Myung-sook elected Prime Minister of South Korea 2005 Death Carroll A. Campbell, Jr., Representative-R-South Carolina, 1979 - 1986, Governor of South Carolina 1987 - 1995 2005 Event South Africa is the 5th country to recognize same-sex marriages 2004 Death Gibson Kente, wrote about life in South African black townships, known as Father of Black Theater in South Africa, dies 2004 Death Brenda Fassie, South African Musician 2003 Death Strom Thurmond, Senator-R-South Carolina 1956 - 2003, Governor South Carolina 1947 - 1951, dies at 100 from heart faliure 2003 Event Arsonist set a fire in a trian station in Daegu, South Korea kills nearly 200 2002 Event Air China flight 129 crashes into a mountain near Pusan, South Korea killing 128 2001 Death Dr. Christiaan Barnard, surgeon, ", performed the first heart transplant, South Africa 1967, ", dies at 78 2000 Death Harry Oppenheimer, South African Businessman 1999 Death Mary Kay Bergman, cartoon voice, South Park, dies at 38 1999 Death Payne Stewart, professional golfer, won the U.S. Open, 1991 and 1999, won PGA Championship in 1989, among others, dies in Mina, South Dakota, at age 42, due to hypoxia from depressurization of a Learjet 1998 Event Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Charleston South Carolina on WAVF 96.1 FM 1997 Event South African and U.S. surgeons separate Zambian Siamese twins joined at the head 1997 Death Beam Dai, head of South Vietnam (1949-55), dies 1997 Event 14 North Koreans defect to South Korea 1997 Event South Africa announces it is constructing largest modern day blimp 1996 Event South Africa's Constitutional Assembly adopts permanent post-apartheid constitution 1996 Event South Africa defeat Pakistan to win the Pepsi Cup in Sharjah 1996 Event South Australia grab exciting draw vs W A to win Sheffield Shield 1996 Event Gary Kirsten scores 188* for South Africa vs. UAE at Rawalpindi 1996 Death Harold Wolpe, sociologist lawyer/South African activist, dies at 70 1995 Event Paul Adams becomes South Africa's youngest Test Cricket player, 18 years 340 ds 1995 Event Jack Russell takes 11 catches in Test Cricket vs. South Africa, a record 1995 Event Northwestern South Carolina begins using new area code 864 1995 Event Allan Donald takes 8-71 as South Africa defeat Zimbabwe 1995 Event Susan Smith found guilty of drowning her 2 children in South Carolina 1995 Event In South Africa, 104 miners killed in an elevator accident 1995 Event Gas explosion in South Korean metro, 103 die 1995 Event Dean Jones completes 324* for Victoria vs. South Australia 1995 Event 10,000s South Africans attend state funeral of Joe Slovo 1995 Death Joe Slovo, Latvian/South African attorney/secretary-general (SACR), dies at 68 1995 Death Gerard W. Taylor, South African/British surgeon, dies at 74 1995 Event Carquest Bowl 5: South Carolina beats West Virginia, 24-21 1994 Death Johannes J "Joop" Klant, Netherlands/South African economist/author, dies 1994 Death Charles Fortune, South African cricket commentator, dies 1994 Event Total solar eclipse in South America (4m23s) 1994 Event Ben Mokoena becomes 1st black mayor of Middelburg South Africa 1994 Event South African President Nelson Mandela visits U.S. 1994 Event Space probe Ulyssus passes south pole of Sun 1994 Event South African President Nelson Mandela receives Anne Frank Penning 1994 Event South Africa reclaims its seat in U.N. 1994 Event South Yemen secedes from Yemen 1994 Event 6 white racists sentenced to death in South Africa 1994 Event Nelson Mandela sworn in as South Africa's 1st black president 1994 Event Nelson Mandela and his ANC, finally confirmed winners in South Africa 1994 Event North-Yemen air force bombs Aden South Yemen 1994 Event 1st multi-racial election in South Africa ends [3 days] 1994 Event 1st multi-racial election in South Africa begins [3 days] Dr. Nomaza Paintin is 1st black South African to vote 1994 Event Inkatha ends boycott of South African multi-racial election 1994 Death Ken Oosterbroek, South African press photographer, shot dead at 32 1994 Event South African Government/ANC take power in Ciskei homeland 1994 Event Zulu-king Goodwill Zwelithini founds realm in South Africa 1994 Event South Africa Goldstone committee reveals existence of secret police 1994 Death John Harrison, South African correspondent (BBC), dies at 48 1994 Event ANC chief Nelson Mandela rejects demand by white right-wingers for separate homeland in South Africa 1994 Event Largest milkshake (1,955 gallons of chocolate-Nelspruit South Africa) 1994 Event Lu Parker, (South Carolina), crowned 43rd Miss USA 1994 Event Australia beat South Africa 2-1 to win the World Series Cup 1994 Death Chung Il Kwon, Prime Minister of South Korea 1964 - 1970, dies 1994 Event South Africa beat Australia in the Sydney Test by 5 runs 1994 Event Battles between army and rebellious indians in South Mexico, kill 57 1993 Death Thomas Mogotlane, South African actor (Mapantsula), dies at 40 1993 Event Black and white leaders in South Africa approve new democratic constitution 1993 Event Antonov AN-124 flies in South Iran against mountain: 17 killed 1993 Event Howard Stern radio show premieres in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on WYAV 104.1 FM 1993 Event Nelson Mandela and South Africa President F W de Klerk awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1993 Event Ferry boat leaves for west coast of South Korea, 120 killed 1993 Event U.N. lifts remaining economic sanctions against South Africa 1993 Event Kimberly Clarice Aiken, 18, Miss South Carolina wins 67th Miss America 1993 Event Day of Peace in South Africa 1993 Death Amy Biehl, U.S. activist in South Africa, murdered at 26 1993 Death James Jordan, NBA Michael Jordan's father, found dead near McColl, South Carolina 1993 Event Boeing 737-500 crashes in South Korea, 66 killed 1993 Event Israeli offensive against terrorist bases in South Lebanon 1993 Death Denis Tomlinson, South Africa cricket leg-spinner, dies 1993 Event Methane gas explosion in Secunda coal mine South Africa, kills 50 1993 Event South Africa agrees to multi-racial elections 1993 Death Andries Treurnicht, founder South Africa Conservative Party, dies at 72 1993 Event Fire in psychiatric institute in South Korea, kills 40 1993 Death George Mickelson, Governor of South Dakota, and 7 others, die in a plane crash 1993 Death Sam Ntombani, ANC-secretary in Soweto South Africa, shot to death 1993 Death Chris Hani, Secretary-General South Africian Communist Party, assassinated at 50 1993 Event New South Wales beat Qld by eight wkts to win Sheffield Shield 1993 Event South Africa White Wolves kill 5 year old black girl 1993 Death Daniel H Craven, South African rugby coach, dies 1992 Death Helen B M Fennell Joseph, English/South Afr anti-apartheid, dies at 87 1992 Event Erling Kagge begins successful exploration at South pole 1992 Event Mud storm kills 30 in South France 1992 Event Heavy storm in South France, 34 die 1992 Event Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida; 35 die 1992 Death Andre de Villiers, South African, murdered 1992 Event Inkhata-blood bath in Boipatong South Africa 1992 Event Slaughtering by Inkhata-followers at Boipatong, South Africa, kills 42 1992 Event Start of South Africa's 1st Test Cricket since 1970 (v WI Bridgetown) 1992 Event England beat South Africa in rain-ruined cricket World Cup semi final 1992 Birthday Libby [Elizabeth] Callahan, Columbia, South Carolina, sport pistol 1996 Olympics 1992 Death Simon Brand, South African banker/adviser to President De Klerk, dies 1992 Event Paul Simon opens a tour in South Africa 1991 Death June Storey, actress (South of the Border), dies of cancer at 73 1991 Death Headman Tshabalala, South Afr singer (Ladysmith Black Mambazo), dies 1991 Event South Africa's 1st cricket international since 1970 - one-day vs. India 1991 Death Sam Ntuli, South African ANC-writer, murdered 1991 Event U.N. admits Estonia, Latvia, Lithuiania, North and South Korea, Marshall Islands and Micronesia 1991 Event 1st South African international competition in 25 years, gymnastics 1991 Event Nelson Mandela chosen president of South African ANC 1991 Event South Africa readmitted to Olympics 1991 Event South Africa abolishes last of its apartheid laws 1991 Event South Florida and Denver picked for 1993 NL franchises 1991 Event Roh Jai Bong resigns as premier of South Korea 1991 Event South African activist Winnie Mandela convicted of abducting 4 blacks 1991 Event Europe foreign ministers lift most remaining sanctions against South Africa 1991 Event North and South Korea form a joint team for table tennis competition 1991 Event 42 killed in exhibition soccer match in Johannesburg South Africa 1991 Event Soccer stadium riot in Orkney South Africa, at least 40 die 1990 Event President De Klerk of South Africa meets with Mandela to talk of end of apartheid 1990 Event Center for Urban archaeology opens in New York City South Street Seaport Museum 1990 Event South African president F W de Klerk meets President Bush in Washington D.C. 1990 Event Commuter train at Johannesburg South Africa attacked, 36 die 1990 Event South Africa Communist Party begins 1st legal conference 1990 Event South Africa worker's union leader Billy Nair arrested 1990 Death Muntu Myeza, South Africa anti-apartheid activist, dies in auto at 39 1990 Event South Africa President F W de Klerk lifts 4 year of state of emergency 1990 Event South African troops plunder Mandela's dwelling 1990 Event North and South Yemen merge to form Republic of Yemen 1990 Event Former president PW Botha quit South Africa's ruling National Party 1990 Event South Africa and African National Congress open talks to end apartheid 1990 Event Namibia becomes independent of South Africa, Sam Nujoma becomes president 1990 Event 50 killed at Inkatha-UDF battle in Natal, South Africa 1990 Event Nelson Mandela, a political prisoner for 27 years, freed in South Africa 1990 Event South Africa President de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be free Feb 11th 1990 Event Lisa Leslie of Morningside HS in Inglewood California scores 101 in 1st half, South Torrance HS decides not to play 2nd half and loses 102-24 1990 Event South Africa's President FW de Klerk promises to free Nelson Mandela and legalizes ANC and 60 other political orgs 1990 Event Annular eclipse visible over Antarctica and South Atlantic 1990 Event South Africa says its reconsidering ban on African National Congress 1989 Event -18 degrees F in Denver, -23 degrees F in Kansas City, Missouri, -42 degrees F in Scottsbluff Nebraska -47 degrees F in Hardin Mont and -60 degrees F in Black Hills South Dakota 1989 Event Geoff Marsh completes 355* for WA against South Australia 1989 Event South Africa President FW de Klerk announces scrapping of Separate Amenities Act 1989 Event South Africa President FW de Klerk frees Sisulu and 4 other political prisoners 1989 Event South african ANC-founder/leader Walter Sisulu freed 1989 Event FW De Klerk sworn in as president of South Africa 1989 Event Hurricane Hugo, kills 85 in Charleston, South Carolina 1989 Event Desmond Tutu leads biggest anti-apartheid protest march in South Africa 1989 Event Frederik de Klerk becomes president of South Africa 1989 Event President Pieter W Botha of South Africa, resigns 1989 Event South African President Pieter Botha visits ANC leader Nelson Mandela 1989 Event 23 year old olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires 1989 Event Nelson Mandela receives a BA from University of South Africa 1989 Death David Webster, South African white anti-apartheids activist, murdered 1989 Event South African/British Olympic runner Zola Budd marries 1989 Event FW de Klerk replaces Botha as South Africa's National Party leader 1989 Event Augusto Alcalde, 1st South American Zen teacher, receives Dharma Transmission 1989 Event Murden and Metz are 1st women to reach South Pole overland (on skis) 1988 Event South Africa signs accord granting independence to South West Africa 1988 Event South Africa anti-apartheid leader Sisulu wins $100,000 Human Rights prize 1988 Event South Korean coaches attack New Zealand referee after disputing his decision, Olympic Korean boxer stages a 67 minute sit-in 1988 Event Bomb attack on office of South Africa Council of Churches 1988 Event Angola, Cuba and South Africa sign cease fire treaty 1988 Event South Africa declares cease-fire in Angola 1988 Event South African government bans anti-apartheid film "Cry Freedom" 1988 Event Winnie Mandella's home in Soweto, South Africa destroyed by arson 1988 Death Alan Paton, South African Novelist 1988 Event South Korea adopts constitution 1988 Event South African apartheid regime bans the UDF 1987 Event Roh Tae Woo elected president of South Korea 1987 Event South African Airways Boeing 747 crashes into Indian Ocean, 159 die 1987 Event South Africa ANC-leader Govan Mbeki freed 1987 Event South Korean voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution 1987 Event South Africa frees Dutch anthropologist/Anc'er Klaas de Young 1987 Event South Africa longest mine strike in history ends 1987 Event 50 white South Africans meets ANCers in Dakar 1987 Event 1 million South Koreans demonstrate against Chun Doo Hwan regime 1987 Event David Hookes (306*) Wayne Phillips make 462 stand for South Australia 1986 Event WIS-AM in Columbia South Carolina changes call letters to WVOC (now WOMG) 1986 Event South African journalist Zwelakhe Sisulu arrested 1986 Event South Africa censors press 1986 Event International Red Cross ousted from South Africa 1986 Event IBM re-forms in South Africa 1986 Event Fire in Kinross gold mine, Transvaal South Africa, 177 killed 1986 Event South African journalist Zwelakhe Sisulu arrested 1986 Event 1 day general strike in South Africa 1986 Event President Reagan criticizes South African state of emergency 1986 Event P. W. Botha declares South African national emergency 1986 Event U.S. and West Europeans veto heavier sanctions against South Africa 1986 Event Anti-apartheid activist Helene Pastoors sentenced to 10 years in South Africa 1986 Event South African army occupies Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia 1986 Event South African President P W Botha sends Coetsee to visit Mandela 1986 Event South Africa emergency crisis in Brabant and Limburg ends 1986 Event Haydar Bakr al-Attas appointed president of South Yemen 1986 Event South Yemen Premier Haydar Bakr al-Attas becomes interim-president 1986 Event South Yemen President Ali Nasser Mohammed's bodyguard shoots opponents 1985 Event South Africa's Cosatu union centre forms 1985 Death Benjamin Moloisi, South African poet/Anc'er, hanged at 30 1985 Event President Reagan bans importation of South African Krugerrands 1985 Event South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands adopts constitution 1985 Event President Reagan orders sanctions against South Africa 1985 Event South African attorney/UDF leader "Dulah" Omar arrested 1985 Event Hanspeter Beck of South Australia, finishes a 3,875 mile, 51 day trip from Western Australia to Melbourne on a unicycle 1985 Event Anti-apartheid lawyer Bulelani Ngcuka marries in South Africa 1985 Death Sandy Bell, South African cricket pace bowler (16 Tests), dies 1985 Event South Africa police arrested Dutch ANC'er Klaas de Jong 1985 Death Jack Robertson, South Africa cricket spinner (3 Tests vs. Australia 1935-36), dies 1985 Event 1st remote location for "Nightline" (South Africa) 1985 Event Last edition of Brink Daily Mail/Sunday Express in South Africa 1985 Event South Africa will repeal sex and marriage laws against whites and non-whites 1985 Event Bloodbath at Langa (Uitenhage) South Africa, 19 killed 1985 Event South Africa President PW Botha offers to free Mandela if he denounces violence 1985 Event -19 degrees F (-28 degrees C), Caesar's Head, South Carolina (state record) 1984 Event South African Bishop Desmond Tutu received his Nobel Peace Prize 1984 Event Bob Holland takes 9-83 for NSW against South Australia, SCG 1984 Event President Reagan vetoes sanctions against South Africa 1984 Event South Africa adopts constitution 1984 Event South African election for parliament boycvotted 1984 Event South Africa prisoner Nelson Mandela sees his wife for 1st time in 22 years 1984 Death Jimmy Kenndy, British songwriter (South of the Border), dies 1984 Event South Africa and Mozambique sign non attack treaty 1984 Death Dick Whitington, journalist/cricketer (South Australia and AIF bat), dies 1984 Event Worker's union leader Billy Nair freed in South Africa 1983 Event 4 South Korean government ministers assassinated in Rangoon Burma 1983 Death Sun Suk Joon, South Korean vice premier, murdered 1983 Event South Africa worker's union leader Curnick Ndlovu freed after 19 years 1983 Death Balthasar J "John" Vorster, South African premier (1966-78), dies at 67 1983 Death Lennox Brown, cricket leg spinner (3 wickets at 63 for South Africa), dies 1983 Event Supertanker Castillo de Bellvar crashes at South Africa 1983 Event John Sain of South Bend, Indiana builds 3.91 m house of cards 1983 Event 2nd NCAA Womens Basketball Championship: South California beats LA Tech 69-67 1982 Birthday Ian Thorpe, born in Sydney, New South Wales, professional swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, won 11 World Championship gold medals, nicknamed, 'Torpedo' 1982 Event South Bend, Indiana jury acquits self-avowed racist Joseph Paul Franklin 1982 Death Ruth Voorst, South African (A World Apart), killed by letter bomb 1982 Death Frank Nicholson, South African cricket wicket-keeper (1935-36), dies 1982 Event -117 degrees F; All time low at South Pole 1982 Event Israel attacks targets in south Lebanon 1982 Event Reverend A Treurnicht forms Conservative Party of South Africa 1982 Death Neil Aggett, South African worker's union leader, commits suicide 1981 Event According to South Africa, Ciskei gains independence Not recognized as an independent country outside South Africa 1981 Event South Africa anti apartheid advocate Bulelani Ngcuka arrested 1981 Event Failed coup by South African mercenaries in Seychelles 1981 Death Griffiths Mxenge, South Afr's anti-apartheid advocate, murdered 1981 Event Seoul, South Korea is selected to host 1988 Summer Olympics 1981 Event Phillies minor leaguer Jeff Stone steals pro baseball record 121st base en route to 122 (Spartanburg (South Atlantic League)) 1981 Event Heaviest known orange (2.5 kg) exhibited, Nelspruit, South Africa 1981 Birthday Lleyton Hewitt, born in Adelaide, South Australia, professional tennis player, youngest male ever ranked number one in the World, at age 20 1980 Event 46th Heisman Trophy Award: George Rogers, South Carolina (RB) 1980 Event New South Korean constitution comes into effect 1980 Event South Korea opposition leader Kim Dae Jung sentenced to death 1980 Event Chon Doo Hwan elected President of South Korea 1980 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber joins oil boycott of South Africa 1980 Event U.N. Security Council calls for South Africa to free Nelson Mandela 1980 Event ANC sets fire to Sasol oil installations in South Africa 1980 Event South Korean police ends people's uprising; 2,000 killed 1980 Event Shawn Weatherly, (South Carolina (will win Miss Universe), crowned 29th Miss USA 1980 Birthday Angela Nikodinov, Spartanburg, South Carolina, figure skater, 1997 Pacif Sr champ 1980 Birthday Tatewin Means, Miss South Dakota Teen USA 1996 1980 Event Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in Wall (Part II)" is banned in South Africa 1980 Event Elevator in Vaal Reef South Africa gold mine crash 1900m down (23 die) 1979 Death Park Chung-hee, South Korean President, assassinated 1979 Death Elizabeth Bishop, poet (North and South, Pulitzer 1956), dies at 68 1979 Event South Africa grants Venda independence (Not recognized out of South Africa) 1979 Death Doug Meintjes, South Africa cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies 1979 Event Sioux nation receives $100 million in compensation for Black Hills, South Dakota 1979 Event South African President Vorster resigns due to scandal 1979 Birthday Rebecca Stoyel, born in South Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics 1979 Birthday Juli Keech, Miss South Dakota Teen USA, 1997 1979 Event War between North and South Yemen begins 1978 Event People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South) adopts constitution 1978 Event Pieter Botha succeeds Vorster as premier of South Africa 1978 Birthday Caroline Nicole Brigman, Miss South Carolina Teen USA 1997 1978 Event Margaret Gardiner, of South Africa, crowned 27th Miss Universe 1978 Event South Africa military goes into Angola 1978 Event 43 die as 2 express trains collide head-on south of Bologna, Italy 1978 Birthday John Smit, professional rugby player, born in Pietersburg, South Africa, hooker, tight head prop, forward, played for Clermont, Natal Sharks 1978 Birthday Wendy Christina Roberts, Miss South Carolina Teen USA, 1996 1978 Event Operation Litani: Israeli offensive in South Lebanon 1977 Event Donald Woods, a banned white editor flees South Africa 1977 Event South Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence 1977 Event U.N. Security council proclaims weapon embargo against South Africa 1977 Event U.S. recalls William Bowdler, ambassador to South Africa 1977 Event Christmas Tinto sentenced to 7 years in Robbeneiland South Africa 1977 Death Steven Biko, South African black student leader, dies in police custody 1977 Birthday Jayme Dickman, South Bend, Indiana, 3x20 rifle 1996 Olympics 1977 Event South Carolina Heerenveen soccer team forms in Heerenveen 1977 Event Bloody riots in Soweto South Africa 1977 Birthday Paul "Goggo" Adams, cricketer, lefty very unorthodox bowler for South Africa 1977 Birthday Sara Walsh, South Bend, Indiana, fencer-foil 1996 Olympics 1976 Event Winnie Mandela banished in South Africa 1976 Event U.N. General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa 1976 Event Transkei gains independence, not recognized outside of South Africa 1976 Event South Africa decides to allow multi-racial teams to represent them 1976 Event Race riot in Cape Town, South Africa; 17 die 1976 Event Formal reunification of North and South Vietnam 1976 Event Student uprisings begin in Soweto, South Africa, Soweto Day 1976 Event Anti-apartheid advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza arrested in South Africa 1976 Event South African troops leave Angola 1975 Birthday Matt LeCroy, Anderson, South Carolina, baseball catcher 1996 Olympics bronze 1975 Birthday Mayim Winkelman Bialik, South Dakota, actress, Blossom, Beaches 1975 Event 6 South Molukkans occupy Indonesian consulate in The Hague, 1 dead 1975 Event 7 South Moluccans hijack train at Wijster Drente, 3 killed 1975 Birthday Stephanie Camp, Rapid City, South Dakota, Miss America-SD 1997 1975 Event Battle between Cuba and South Africa troops in Angola 1975 Birthday Melchior Schoenmakers, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1975 Birthday Jacques Kallis, cricketer, South African Test all-rounder vs. England 1995 1975 Birthday Jan Harm Schippers, Dutch soccer player: South Carolina Heerenveen, Veendam 1975 Birthday John Harm Skippers, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1975 Birthday Mbali Gasa, Miss South Africa Universe 1997 1975 Event Il-62 crashes south of Damascus, Syria, killing 126 1975 Event U.S. vetoes proposed admission of North and South Vietnam to U.N. 1975 Birthday Charlize Theron, South African Actress 1975 Event Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam established 1975 Birthday Caresa Winters, Miss South Dakota USA 1996 1975 Birthday Lauryn Hill, born in South Orange, New Jersey, singer, actress, won five Grammy's for 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' album, which sold over 18 million copies worldwide 1975 Event Farm truck packed with wedding party struck by a train, killing 66 in truck, 40 miles south of Poona, India 1975 Event Last South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years 1975 Birthday Angela Michelle Hughes, born in Anderson, South Carolina, Miss America-South Carolina 1997 1975 Birthday Temoc Suarez, born in Greenwood, South Carolina, soccer forward, 1996 Olympics gold 1975 Event Vietcong conquer Ban me Thuot South Vietnam 1974 Birthday Orlando Fuentes, Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, half-lightweight judoka 1996 Olympics 1974 Event South Africa suspended from United Nations General Assembly over racial policies 1974 Event 63rd Davis Cup: South Africa beats India in (w/o) 1974 Birthday V V S Laxman, cricketer, Indian Test batsman vs. South Africa 1996- 1974 Birthday Geert Jelle de Vries, Dutch soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1974 Event South Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination 1974 Death Mrs Park Chung Hi, wife of South Korean president, murdered 1974 Birthday Lysa Jackson, Miss South Carolina USA 1996 1974 Birthday Tony Alberda, Dutch soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen, Emmen 1974 Birthday Mark Harrity, cricketer, promising South Australia left-arm fast bowler 1974 Birthday Herschelle Gibbs, cricketer, South African Test batsman 1996 1974 Birthday ? Rosenkowitz, Cape Town South Africa, 1st sextuplets to survive born to Sue 1974 Birthday Craig Wishart, cricketer, Zimbabwe Test batsman vs South Africa 1995 1973 Birthday Melissa Deanne Holiday, Greenwood, South Carolina, playmate, Jan, 1995 1973 Birthday Adam Bacher, cricketer, nephew of Ali South Africa Test batsman 1996- 1973 Death William CF Plomer, South Africa libretto writer (Curlew River), dies at 69 1973 Birthday Joanette Kruger, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, tennis star 1973 Birthday Ben Johnson, cricketer, promising South Australian opening batsman 1973 Birthday Shaun Pollock, cricketer, son of Peter South African Test quick 1995- 1973 Birthday Daniel Marsh, cricketer, son of Rod South Australia slow lefty since 1993 1973 Event Ellsworth Bunker resigns as U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam 1973 Birthday Nico Boje, cricketer, South African ODI left-arm spinner 1996 1973 Birthday Bert Zuurman, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1973 Event American Indian Movement occupy Wounded Knee in South Dakota 1973 Birthday Terrell Wade, born in Rembert, South Carolina, pitcher, Atlanta Braves 1973 Event US, North and South Vietnam and Vietcong sign boundary accord 1973 Birthday Amanda Elizabeth Spivey, Spartanburg, South Carolina, Miss America-South Carolina 1996 1972 Birthday Marcos Ondruska, South Africa, tennis star 1972 Birthday Kimberlee Ann McKay, Belle Fourche, South Dakota, Miss America-SD 1996 1972 Event U.S. Army turns over Long Bihn base to South Vietnamese army 1972 Event Passenger train derails killing 48 (Rust Stasie South Africa) 1972 Death Robert KJE Antonissen, South African literary, dies at 53 1972 Death Sidney Pegler, cricket leg spinner (leading South Africa prior to WWI), dies 1972 Birthday Chris Imes, South Paris Maine, U.S. hockey defenseman 1994 Olympics 1972 Death Max Theiler, South Africa/U.S. microbiologist (vaccin-Nobel 1951), dies at 73 1972 Birthday Edward Reevey, St. John NB, Canadian Tour golfer, 1992 South Carolina Intercol 1972 Event 14" of rain in 6 hours burst Rapid City, South Dakota dam, drowns 237 1972 Event Tswanaland becomes Bophuthatswana in South Africa 1972 Event Overloaded South Korean bus plunges into reservoir, killing 77 1972 Event Vietcong forms revolutionary government in Quang Tri South Vietnam 1972 Event North Vietnamese troops enter South Vietnam 1972 Birthday Chris Borg, born in Lexington South Carolina, canoe, alternate in 1996 Olympics 1972 Death Julian H Steward, U.S. anthropologist (South American), dies at 70 1972 Event Section of Memphis' Highway 51 South renamed Elvis Presley Blvd 1971 Event People's Republic of South Yemen renames itself People's Democratic Republic of Yemen 1971 Birthday Amanda Coetzer, born in Hoopstad, South Africa, tennis star, 1996 Australia semi 1971 Birthday Wayne Ferreira, Johannesburg South Africa, tennis star, Munich 1995 1971 Birthday William Deering, Jr., South Bend Indiana, pole vaulter 1971 Birthday Michael Tucker, born in South Boston, Virginia, outfielder for the Kansas City Royals 1971 Event International Court of Justice asks South Africa to pull out of Namibia 1971 Birthday Joey Gullion, Gallopolis, Ohio, Nike golfer, NIKE South Carolina Classic-18th 1971 Event North Vietnam demands U.S. end aid to South Vietnam 1971 Birthday Matt Stone, born in Houston, Texas, musician, actor, screenwriter, co-creator of 'South Park' Emmy-Award winning television series, co-created film, 'Team America: World Police' 1971 Event South Africa national debt hits 5.45 billion 1971 Birthday Lara Logan, South African Journalist 1971 Birthday Mariaan de Swardt, born in Johannesburg, South Africa tennis star, 1996 3rd round Australia 1971 Death George Wood, England cricket wicketkeeper (v South Africa 1924), dies 1971 Event South Vietnamese troops flee Laos 1971 Event South African Broadcasting lifts its ban on the Beatles 1971 Event Winnie Mandela sentenced to 1 year in jail in South Africa 1971 Death Edward van der Merwe, cricket keeper (South Africa in 2 Tests in 30's), dies 1971 Birthday Barbara Failey-Herbert, South Africa, golfer, 1989 winner SA Champ 1971 Event 12,000 South Vietnamese troops cross into Laos 1971 Event South Vietnamese troops invade Laos 1970 Birthday Edwin Huizinga, Dutch soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen, Emmen 1970 Event Independent People's Republic of South Yemen becomes People Democratic Republic of Yemen 1970 Birthday Glenn Murray, Manning, South Carolina, outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies 1970 Birthday Brett Schultz, cricket pace bowler, South African Test 1970 Birthday Wilco Hellinga, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1970 Birthday Steven Jack, cricketer, South African pace bowler 1994-95 1970 Event British expedition climbs south face of Annapurna I 1970 Event South Africa excluded from Olympic play 1970 Event 50,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops invade Cambodia 1970 Birthday William Martin III, born in Charleston, South Carolina, finn yachter, Olympics-23rd-1996 1970 Birthday Olaf Kolzig, born in Johannesbourg, South Africa, NHL goalie for the Washington Capitals 1970 Event 2 men begin ascent of south face of Annapurna I, highest final stage in a wall climb in world 1970 Birthday Brett Liddle, born in Boksburg, South Afrrica, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Newcastle 1970 Event South Africa complete 4-0 series drubbing of Australia 1970 Event John Lennon pays 1,344 pounds fine for 96 protesting South African rugby team playing in Scotland 1970 Event Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa vs. Australia, Durban 1970 Event Test debut of Barry Richards, South Africa vs. Australia, Cape Town 1970 Birthday Tom Sier, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1969 Birthday Anthuan Maybank, Georgetown, South Carolina, 200m/400m runner 1969 Birthday Antoon Kuil, soccer player, Veendam, South Carolina Heerenveen 1969 Event 1968 massacre of civilians at Mylai South Vietnam, by U.S. is 1st reported 1969 Birthday Theodore Ernest Els, Johannesburg South Africa, PGA golfer, 1994 U.S. Open 1969 Birthday Hansie Cronje, cricket captain, solid South African batsman 1969 Birthday Bart Spark, soccer player, Veendam, South Carolina Heerenveen 1969 Birthday Errol Stewart, South African cricket wicket-keeper, limited-over 1993 1969 Birthday Jonty Rhodes, South African cricket batsman, brilliant fielder 1969 Birthday Erik Tammer, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen, Go Ahead Eagles 1969 Birthday Melissa Gurney, born in California, tennis player, Virginia Slims of, South Dakota, 1986 1969 Birthday Johan Hansma, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1969 Event Australian aircraft carrier "Melbourne" slices U.S. destroyer "Frank E. Evans" in half, killing 74 (South Vietnam) 1969 Birthday Mica Paris, born in South London, England, born Michelle Wallen, rocker, singer, actress, radio and television presenter, known for 1988 debut platinum-selling album 'So Good' 1969 Event South African president Frederik de Klerk marries Marike Willemse 1969 Birthday Brian Williams, Lancaster, South Carolina, pitcher, Detroit Tigers, Astros 1969 Birthday Retief Goosen, South African Athlete 1968 Birthday Jennifer Palmquest, Wilmot, South Dakota, Miss SD-America 1991 1968 Birthday Joe Scuderi, cricketer, South Australian all-rounder 1968 Birthday Elna Reinach, Pretoria South Africa, tennis star 1968 Birthday Jeffrey Kooistra, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen/NEC 1968 Birthday Marco Roelofsen, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1968 Birthday Craig Kanada, born in Portland, Oregon, Nike golfer, 1994 NIKE South Carolina Classic-3rd 1968 Birthday Michel Doesburg, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1968 Birthday Daniel Dae Kim, South Korean Actor 1968 Event Gram Parson refuses to play with the Byrds in South Africa 1968 Birthday Theo de Raadt, South African Scientist 1968 Birthday Tim Neilsen, cricket wicket-keeper, South Australian 1991 1968 Event South Africa Boeing 707 crashes at Windhoek, 122 killed 1968 Death Douglas Evans, actor (South Pacific Trail), dies in Hollywood 1968 Event Uprising in South Yemen 1968 Birthday Clare Wood, born in Zululand, South Africa, tennis star, 1986 Futures-Lisbon 1968 Birthday Dinky van Rensburg, South Africa, tennis star 1968 Birthday Rene Groen, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1968 Birthday Erik Regtop, Dutch soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1968 Event Officers kill 3 students demonstrating in South Carolina State (Orangeburg) 1968 Death Theophilus E Donges, South Afr Internal minister, dies at 69 1968 Birthday John de Visser, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1967 Birthday Doug Johns, South Bend, Indiana, pitcher for the Oakland A's 1967 Event 1st human heart transplant performed (Dr. Christian Barnard, South Africa) 1967 Birthday Reggie Sanders, Florence, South Carolina, outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds 1967 Event People's Rep of South Yemen (Aden) gains independence from Britain 1967 Event British troops withdraw from Aden and South Yemen 1967 Birthday Gary Kirsten, cricketer, South African lefty opening batsman 1993- 1967 Birthday Kelly Gallagher, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, playmate, Sep, 1994 1967 Birthday Chris Patton, Fountain Inn, South Carolina, Nike golfer, 1993 New Mexico Charity Classic 1967 Event U.S. troops conquer Loc Ninh South Vietnam 1967 Event Nguyen Van Thieu took oath of office as 1st President of South Vietnam 2nd Rep 1967 Birthday Oswald Drawdy, Hampton, South Carolina, Canadian Tour golfer, 1987 South Carolina Amateur 1967 Event WEBA TV channel 14 in Allendale, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event Nguyen Van Thieu elected President of South Vietnam under a new constitution 1967 Event WJPM TV channel 33 in Florence, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 Event Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand meet to form Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) 1967 Birthday Ben Fouchee, born in Kuruman, South Africa, Canadian Tour golfer, 1987 South Africa Amateur 1967 Death Albert J Luthuli, president South Africa (ANC), dies 1967 Birthday Rudi Steyn, cricketer, South African opening batsman 1995 1967 Event Government bans submarines near South Africa 1967 Birthday Daryll Cullinan, South African cricketer, batsman Warne's bunny 1967 Event Queen Elizabeth Hall (South Bank Center) opens in London 1967 Event 25,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, offensive to smash Viet Cong stronghold near Cambodian border 1967 Birthday Shannon Butler, South Lake Tahoe California, 10k runner 1966 Birthday Clive Eksteen, cricketer, South African slow left-armer 1993 1966 Birthday Rosalyn Fairbank, South Africa, tennis player 1966 Event U.N. deprives South Africa of Namibia 1966 Birthday Allan Donald, cricketer, great South African fast bowler 1966 Birthday Elana Meyer, van Zyl, South Africa, runner, Olympics-silver-92 1966 Event Johannes Balthazar Vorster sworn in as premier of South Africa 1966 Death Hendrik F Verwoerd, South African Prime Minister 1958 - 1966, assassinated at 64 1966 Event WRLK TV channel 35 in Columbia, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1966 Birthday Debra Lewin, born in South Burlington, Vermont, Miss Vermont-America 1991 1966 Event Radio Free Asia (South Korea) begins radio transmission 1966 Death S J "Tip" Snooke, South Africa cricket all-rounder (26 Tests 1905-23), dies 1966 Event South Arican Broadcasting bans Beatles (Lennon's anti-Jesus remark) 1966 Event South African government bans Beatle records 1966 Birthday Carlo L'Ami, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1966 Birthday Warren Sallenback, South Surrey BC, cyclist 1996 Olympics 1966 Birthday Meyrick Pringle, cricket pace bowler, South African 1966 Birthday Bill Spiers, born in Orangeburg, South Carolina, infielder for the Houston Astros 1966 Birthday Zola Budd, born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, track and field long distance runner, trained and raced barefoot, politically controversial figure, two-time Women's 5000 meters world record holder, two-time World Cross Country Championships winner 1966 Event South Vietnamese army battle Buddhists, about 80 die 1966 Event Federal education funding is denied to 12 school districts in the South because of violations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act 1966 Event Radio RSA, South Africa begins shortwave transmitting 1966 Death Sumokil, president of Republic South Moluccas, executed 1966 Event South Africa government bans Defense and Aid Fund 1966 Birthday Andrew Hudson, cricketer, South Africa, 163 on debut vs WI 1992 1966 Birthday Tertius Bosch, cricketer, South African pace bowler 1992 1966 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson says U.S. should stay in South Vietnam until communist aggression ends 1965 Birthday Mary Waddell Gainey, Hartsville, South Carolina, Miss SC-America, 1991-2nd 1965 Birthday Andy Dick, Charleston, South Carolina, actor, Matthew-Newsradio 1965 Event South Africa government says children of white fathers are white 1965 Birthday Katrina McClain, Charleston, South Carolina, basketball forward, 1996 Olympics gold 1965 Birthday Aldo Swager, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1965 Event South Africa begins economic boycott of Dutch products 1965 Event South Vietnam General Nguyen Cao Kentucky succeeds Phan Huy Quat as premier 1965 Event Bomb destroys USAF base Bien Hoa South Vietnam 1965 Event 1st large-scale U.S. Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam 1965 Event South Africa worker's union leader Henry Fazzie sentenced to 10 years 1965 Birthday Andrew Hudson, South African cricket player 1965 Birthday John Commins, cricketer, South African Test batsman vs. New Zealand 1994-95 1965 Birthday Craig Matthews, cricket pace bowler, South African Test 1965 Birthday David Callaghan, cricketer, South African all-rounder in one-dayers 1992 1965 Event South Vietnam military coup under general Nguyen Khanh 1965 Birthday Mark Rushmere, cricketer, South Africa opening bat in comeback Test 1992 1965 Event Geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against South Africa, his best Test bowling 1964 Birthday Gary Muller, South Africa, tennis star 1964 Birthday Perry Parker, South Laguna Beach California, golfer, 1992 Xerox BC Open 1964 Event British Labour Party installs weapon embargo against South Africa 1964 Birthday Brenda Fassie, South African Musician 1964 Event Tran Van Huong appointed premier of South Vietnam 1964 Birthday Pieter Axe, soccer player, FC Utrecht/South Carolina Heerenveen 1964 Birthday Fanie De Villers, cricketer, great South African pace bowler 1993- 1964 Event 3 cars of a commuter train derails in South Africa killing 81 1964 Event South Africa banned from Olympic Games because of apartheid policies 1964 Birthday Mary-Louise Parker, Ft. Jackson, South Carolina, actress, Fried Green Tomatoes 1964 Event General Maxwell Taylor appointed U.S. ambassador in South Vietnam 1964 Event Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison in South Africa 1964 Birthday Doug Strange, born in Greenville, South Carolina, infielder for the Seattle Mariners 1964 Death R T Stanyforth, English cricket wicketkeeper (South Africa 1927-28), dies 1964 Birthday Sam Graddy, Gaffney, South Carolina, 4x100m runner 1984 Olympics gold 1964 Event Military coup of General Nguyen Khanh in South Vietnam 1964 Birthday Ronnie McCann, Evander South Africa, Nike golfer, 1993 Hawkeye-37th 1963 Birthday Bryan McMillan, cricketer, brilliant South African all-rounder since 1992 1963 Event Tsjoi Doo Sun forms government in South Korea 1963 Event Ian Meckiff no-balled for throwing against the South Africans 1963 Death Ngo Dinh Diem, president of South Vietnam (1955-63), murdered at 62 1963 Event South Africa begins trial of Nelson Mandela and 8 others on conspiracy 1963 Event WITV TV channel 7 in Charleston, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1963 Event WNTV TV channel 29 in Greenville, South Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting 1963 Event Mary Ann Fischer, Aberdeen, South Dakota, gave birth to America's 1st surviving quintuplets, 4 girls and a boy 1963 Event Martial law declared in South Vietnam, following raids on Buddhist pagodas 1963 Birthday Scott Dunlap, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Canadian Tour golfer, 1995 South Africa Masters 1963 Event South African ANC Walter Sisulu/Andrew Mlangeni/Govan Mbeki arrested 1963 Birthday Perry Richardson, South Carolina, bassist, Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime 1963 Event South African worker's union leader Billy Nair arrested 1963 Event South Africa worker's union leader Curnick Ndlovu arrested 1963 Birthday Arnold Oosterveer, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1963 Birthday Erling Kagge, Norway, explorer, South Pole 1963 Birthday Ashley Chinner, Cape Town South Africa, golfer, 1992 CGIA Canadian Tour 1962 Birthday John Samuel Inman, Greensboro, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1993 Buick South Open 1962 Birthday Gary Rusnak, Orangeburg, South Carolina, Nike golfer, 1994 NIKE Permian Basin-2nd 1962 Event U.N. General Assembly adopts resolution condemning South Africa 1962 Event WCIV TV channel 4 in Charleston, South Carolina (NBC) begins broadcasting 1962 Birthday Christo van Rensburg, South Africa, tennis star 1962 Event Nelson Mandela arrested for incitement and illeagally leaving South Africa 1962 Event Nelson Mandela captured by South African police 1962 Birthday Lucky Dube, South African reggae singer 1962 Birthday Gertjan Verbeek, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1962 Event South Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes 1962 Birthday Maarten de Young, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1962 Birthday Philip Jonas, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Canadian Tour golfer, 1993 Payless-2nd 1961 Birthday Caroline Gowan, Greenville, South Carolina, LPGA golfer, South Carolina Women's Amat-1981, 83 1961 Birthday Jon Tenney, born in Princeton, New Jersey, actor, lead role in television series, Brooklyn South, appeared in Fools Rush In, Nixon, was married to Terri Hatcher 1961 Event John F. Kennedy provides U.S. miltary helicopters and crews to South Vietnam 1961 Event South Africa vs. New Zealand, Durban debuts for Eddie Barlow and Peter Pollock 1961 Event John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam 1961 Event Emergency crisis proclaimed in South Vietnam due to commun attack 1961 Event Volcano eruptions on Tristan de Cunha (South Atlantic) 1961 Event WOLO TV channel 25 in Columbia, South Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting 1961 Birthday Dillard Pruitt, Greenville, South Carolina, PGA golfer, 1991 Chattanooga Classic 1961 Event Former nazi leader Johannes Vorster becomes South Africa's minister of justice (if the shoe fits...) 1961 Event Union of South Africa becomes a republic, leaves Commonwealth 1961 Event 13 Freedom riders began bus trip through South 1961 Event South Africa ANC-leader John Nkadimeng arrested 1961 Event U.N. General Assembly condemns South Africa's apartheid 1961 Event South Africa leaves British Commonwealth 1961 Event South Africa withdraws from British Commonwealth 1961 Event U.S. nuclear submarine Patrick Henry arrives at Scottish naval base of Holy Loch from South Carolina in a record underseas journey of 66 days 22 hours 1961 Birthday Roger Wessels, born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, golfer, 1994 Canadian Masters 1961 Birthday John Thune, born in Murdo, South Dakota, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from South Dakota, U.S. House of Representatives from South Dakota's At-Large district 1960 Birthday Piet Keur, Dutch soccer player/trainer, South Carolina Heerenveen, AZ 1960 Birthday Catherine G Coleman, Charleston, South Carolina, Phd/Captain USAF/astronaut, STS-73 1960 Event Coup against South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem fails 1960 Birthday Rosalyn Nideffer, Durban South Africa, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Midland MI 1960 Birthday Mandy Yachad, cricketer, South African ODI opening batsman 1991 1960 Event South Korean troops cross 38th parallel into North Korea 1960 Birthday Derek James, Durban South Africa, Canadian Tour golfer, 1994 Infiniti 1960 Birthday Tom Byrum, Onida, South Dakota, Nike golfer, 1994 NIKE Panama City Beach-4th 1960 Birthday Cunningham T Ngcukana, South African worker's union leader 1960 Event Geoff Griffin takes a hat-trick South Africa vs. England Lord's 1960 Event South Africa police kills 11 Pondo's at Nqusa Hill 1960 Birthday Barry Lyons, born in Biloxi, Mississippi, Barry Stephen Lyons, baseball player, catcher, played for Major League Baseball teams, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox, served as backup catcher to Gary Carter, named Most Valuable Player, South Atlantic League, 1984 1960 Birthday Mark Sanford, born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, politician, Republican, 115th Governor of South Carolina, U.S. Air Force Reserve medical administration officer 1960 Event South Korean President Syngman Rhee resigns 1960 Event Heavy earthquake strikes South Persia, 500 killed 1960 Birthday Pat Symcox, cricketer, South African off-spinner 1993- 1960 Event South African premier Verwoerd wounded in battle 1960 Event Sharpeville Massacre: Police kill 72 in South Africa and outlaws ANC 1960 Birthday Keith Musa[kawukhathi] Zondi, South Africa head, Inkatha Youth Brigade 1960 Event Rock falls traps 437 at Coalbrook South Africa, 417 die of methane poisoning 1960 Birthday David Marciano, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Det Ray Vecchio-Due South 1959 Birthday Marty Raybon, Sanford, Florida, singer, Shenandoah-Sunday in the South 1959 Event De Beers firm of South Africa announces synthetic diamond 1959 Birthday David Laurence Frost, Cape Town South Africa, PGA golfer, 1988 Southern Open 1959 Birthday Adrian Kuiper, cricketer, South African all-rounder 1959 Event Progressive Party under John Steytler forms in South Africa 1959 Birthday Kevin Spacey, born in South Orange, New Jersey, actor, Dad, Henry and June, Darrow 1959 Birthday Tim Shaw, cricketer, South African ODI slow lefty 1991 1959 Birthday Nicky Le Roux, born in South Africa, LPGA golfer, 1994 Atlanta Champ-15th 1959 Birthday Stan Thorn, born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, singer, Shenandoah-Sunday in the South 1959 Birthday Sydney P Mufamadi, South African leader, SACP 1959 Death Daniel F Malan, premier of South Africa (1948-54), dies at 84 1958 Birthday Curt Allen Byrum, Onida, South Dakota, PGA golfer, 1989 Hardee's Golf Classic 1958 Birthday Mike McGuire, Haleyville Ala, singer, Shenandoah-Sunday in the South 1958 Death Douglas Mawson, Antarctic explorer, geologist, member, Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod expedition, among first to reach South Magnetic Pole, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage, in Brighton, South Australia, at age 76 1958 Event Britain transfers Christmas Island (south of Java) to Australia 1958 Event Henry Verwoerd appointed Prime Minister of South Africa 1958 Death John G Strijdom, premier of South Africa (1954-58), dies at 65 1958 Birthday Lori Garbacz, South Bend, Indiana, LPGA golfer, 1989 Circle K Tucson Open 1958 Birthday Debbie Green, born in South Korea, volleyball player 1984 Olympics silver 1958 Birthday Dickie Thon, born in South Bend, Indiana, Richard William 'Dickie' Thon, baseball player, shortstop, played for Major League Baseball teams California Angels, Milwaukee Brewers, suffered Mike Torrez fastball facial injury, Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Famer, 2003 1958 Birthday Mkhuseli Jack, South African UDF-leader, consumer boycots 1958 Event South Pacific soundtrack album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 31 weeks 1958 Birthday Andie MacDowell, born in Gaffney, South Carolina, model, actress, producer, appeared in 'Green Card', 'Sex, Lies and Videotape', 'Just the Ticket', 'Beauty Shop' 1958 Birthday Johan Kriek, born in South Africa, tennis player, U.S. Indoor 1982 1958 Event South Africa government disallows ANC 1958 Birthday Kevin Curren, South Africa, tennis star 1958 Event Edgar Whitehead succeeds Garfield Todd as premier of South Rhodesia 1958 Birthday Peter R Mokaba, president, South African Youth Congress 1958 Event Edmund Hillary reaches South Pole overland 1958 Event Lindsay Kline takes a hat-trick vs. South Africa at Cape Town 1957 Event Test Cricket debut for Wally Grout and Bobby Simpson vs. South Africa 1957 Birthday Fulton Peter Allem, Kroonstad South Africa, PGA golfer, 1993 SW Bell 1957 Event South Africa government approves race separation in universities 1957 Birthday Leeza Gibbons, born in South Carolina, TV host, Entertainment Tonight, Leeza 1957 Birthday Vanna White, Rosich, N Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, TV host, Wheel of Fortune 1957 Birthday Mohammed Valli Moosa, South African leader, UDF 1957 Birthday Nick Price, Durban South Africa, PGA golfer, 1991 Byron Nelson Classic 1957 Death Alexander Cambridge, Governor-General (South Africa 1923-31/Canada 1940-5), dies at 82 1957 Birthday Mario Van Peebles, Mexico, actor, Posse, South Bronx Heroes 1956 Event Nelson Mandela and 156 others arrested for political activities in South Africa 1956 Birthday Ena Heese, South African costume designer, Willem of Orange 1956 Event 1st American to land an airplane at South Pole - Rear Admiral G. J. Dufek 1956 Birthday Timothy J. Roemer, born in South Bend, Indiana, Representative-D-Indiana 1991 - 2003 1956 Birthday Beth Daniel, Charleston, South Carolina, LPGA golfer, 1990 Kemper Open 1956 Birthday Janice E Voss Ford, South Bend, Indiana, PhD/Astronaut, STS-57, 63, 83, 94 1956 Event South African politician "Kobie" Coetsee marries Helena E Malan 1956 Birthday Sherri Turner, Greenville, South Carolina, LPGA golfer, 1988 Mazda LPGA Champ 1956 Birthday Murphy Morobe, South Afr UDF leader, spent 3 years in Robbeneiland Jail 1956 Event South African women demonstrate against pass laws 1956 Birthday Eddie Edwards, South Africa, tennis star 1956 Birthday Azhar Cachalia, Scottish/South Africa leader, United Democratic Front 1956 Event WSPA TV channel 7 in G'ville-Spartanburg, South Carolina (CBS) begins broadcasting 1956 Event Noel Coward's musical "South Sea Bubble," premieres in London 1956 Birthday Trevor A. Manuel, South African UDF/ANC-leader 1956 Birthday Shawn Colvin, born in Vermillion, South Dakota, singer, songwriter, guitarist, rock, contemporary folk genres, influenced by Joni Mitchell 1955 Birthday Wayne Tolleson, born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, professional baseball player, switch hitter, played for the Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees 1955 Event U.N. disapproves of South Africa's apartheid politics 1955 Birthday Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, South African Politician 1955 Birthday Gary Streeter, born in Hampshire, England, educated at King's College London, Member of Parliament for South West Devon 1955 Birthday Charles D "Sam" Gemar, Yankton, South Dakota, army/astronaut, STS-38, 48, 62 1955 Event WNDU TV channel 16 in South Bend, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting 1955 Event Freedom Charter signed in South Africa 1955 Event Test Cricket debut of Ken Barrington, vs. South Africa, Trent Bridge 1955 Birthday Nigel Griffiths, born in Glasgow, Scotland, politician, Labor party, Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South 1955 Birthday Peter Kirsten, cricketer, South African middle-order batsman 1955 Birthday Benny Alexander, secretary general, South Africa Pan-Africanist Movement 1955 Event South East Asia Collective Defense Treaty goes into effect 1955 Event President Eisenhower sends 1st U.S. advisors to South Vietnam 1955 Birthday Titus M Mafolo, South Africa journalist/ANC-leader 1954 Birthday Jayaseelan Naidoo, South African worker's union leader 1954 Event John Strodom succeeds Malan as premier of South Africa 1954 Event President Eisenhower offers aid to South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem 1954 Birthday Mike Rounds, born in Huron, South Dakota, politician, Republican, 31st Governor of South Dakota, Member of the South Dakota Senate from the 24th district 1954 Event WBTW TV channel 13 in Florence, South Carolina (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WCBD TV channel 2 in Charleston, South Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WLOS TV channel 13 in G'ville-Spartanburg, South Carolina (ABC) 1st broadcast 1954 Event At Geneva, France agrees to independence of North and South Vietnam 1954 Event Armistice for Indo-China signed, Vietnam separates into North and South 1954 Event 111 degrees F (44 degrees C) at Camden, South Carolina (state record) 1954 Birthday Alice Krige, born in South Africa, actress, Chariots of Fire, Ladykiller 1954 Birthday Alan [Joseph] Lamb, South African/British cricket player, Northampton 1954 Birthday Will Patton, born in Charleston, South Carolina, actor, No Way Out, Ballzaire the Cajun 1954 Birthday Bulelani T Ngcuka, South African attorney/leader, UDF 1954 Birthday Rob Crosby, born in Sumter, South Carolina, country singer, She's a Natural 1954 Death Francis B Young, British physician/writer (In South Africa), dies at 69 1954 Birthday Jim Seales, born in Hamilton Ala, singer, Shenandoah-Sunday in the South 1954 Birthday Stone Phumelele Sizani, South African treasurer, UDF 1954 Event "South Pacific" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 1928 performances 1954 Birthday Trevor Rabin, born in South Africa, musician, guitarist, singer, songwriter, member of Yes, a progressive British rock band, film composer 1953 Event WFBC (now WYFF) TV channel 4 in G'ville-Spartanburg, South Carolina (NBC) begins 1953 Event WAIM (now WAXA) TV channel 40 in Anderson, South Carolina (IND) 1st broadcast 1953 Death John van Melle, South African writer (Bart Nel), dies at 66 1953 Event WIS TV channel 10 in Columbia, South Carolina (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Birthday Greg Evigan, South Amboy, New Jersey, actor, BJ-BJ and the Bear, Melrose Place 1953 Event WNOK (now WLTX) TV channel 19 in Columbia, South Carolina (CBS) 1st broadcast 1953 Birthday James Taylor, born in South Carolina, rocker, Kool and The Gang 1953 Birthday Sanford Jensen, born in South Haven, Michigan, actor, Foley Square 1953 Event U.S. and South Korea initial a mutual security pact 1953 Birthday Jimmy Cook, cricketer, South African opening batsman 1992 1953 Death Jacob D du Toit [Totius], South African poet/theologist, dies 1953 Birthday Ralph Ezell, born in Unio,n Mississippi, singer, Shenandoah-Sunday in the South 1953 Event WCSouth Carolina TV channel 5 in Charleston, South Carolina (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Birthday John Edwards, born in Seneca, South Carolina, politician, 2004 Democratic candidate for Vice President, Presidential candidate, 2008, U.S. Senator from North Carolina 1953 Event South African premier Malan visits Netherlands 1953 Birthday Johnny Clegg, born in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, Jonathan 'Johnny' Clegg, musician, recording artist, Grammy-Award nominee, mbaqanga, Afro-pop genres, formed and performed with Juluka band, formed Savuka band, popular figure in South African music history 1953 Event Malans National Party wins South African elections 1953 Event American B-47 accidentally drops a nuclear bomb on South Carolina, the bomb doesn't go off due to 6 safety catches 1953 Birthday James Mndaweni, South African worker's union leader/president, NACTU 1953 Birthday Myung-Whun Chung, Seoul South Korea, pianist/conductor 1952 Event WSBT TV channel 22 in South Bend, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting 1952 Event Uprising of captives in Pongam South Korea, 82 die 1952 Birthday M Cyril Ramaphosa, Secretary-General of South African Mine Workers' Union 1952 Birthday Pat Severs, Camden, South Carolina, country singer, Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake 1952 Birthday Dave Collins, born in Rapid City, South Dakota, professional baseball player, outfielder, first base coach for the Florida Marlins 1952 Birthday Paul David Crews, South Carolina, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1952 Birthday Joel Silver, South Orange, New Jersey, producer, Warriors, Xanadu, Die Hard 1952 Event Nelson Mandela and 51 others infringe South Africa curfew 1952 Birthday Popo Simon Molefe, Secretary-General, South Africa UDF 1952 Event Great demonstrations against apartheid in South Africa 1952 Birthday Oupa J. Gqozo, South African warden/army commandant, Ciskei 1952 Birthday Melissa Babish, South Carolina, swimmer, Olympic 1952 Birthday Thomas Edward Henderson, South Carolina, basketballer 1972 Olympics silver 1952 Birthday Omar Henry, cricketer, 1st colored player for South Africa 1992 1951 Birthday Mary Hart, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, TV hostess, Entertainment Tonight 1951 Birthday Sally Little, Cape Town South Africa, LPGA golfer, 1982 Dinah Shore 1951 Birthday Jim DeMint, born in Greenville, South Carolina, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from South Carolina, representative, 4th congressional district 1999 - 2005 1951 Birthday Chris Smith, born in Barnet, London, Christopher Robert 'Chris' Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, politician, Labor Party, Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury, Cabinet minister, first openly gay MP member, HIV positive 1951 Birthday Cheryl Ladd, born in Huron, South Dakota, actress, Charlie's Angels, Purple Hearts 1951 Birthday Jan Franssen, born in Hilversum, North Holland, politician, Dutch liberal political party, in 2006, named Queen's Commissioner in South Holland, previously served as city councilor, Nederhorst den Berg, President, House of Representatives 1982 - 1994, mayor of Zwolle, 1994 - 2000 1951 Event Netherlands and South Africa sign cultural accord 1951 Birthday John Bentley, born in Deptford, South East London, rocker, bass player, played for Squeeze 1980 - 1982, appeared on albums Argybargy and East Side Story 1951 Birthday Peabo Bryson, born in Greenville, South Carolina, R&B vocalist, I'm So into You 1951 Event South Carolina House urges "Shoeless Joe" Jackson be reinstated 1951 Birthday Frank Chikane, Secretary-General of South Africa Council of Churches 1950 Birthday Yunus I Mahomed, South African attorney/leader, UDF 1950 Event Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel, into South Korea 1950 Birthday Muntu Myeza, South African anti-apartheid activist 1950 Event South Korea President Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions 1950 Birthday Augusto Gen'un Alcalde, Buenos Aires, 1st South American Zen teacher 1950 Event South Korean troops reach Chosan at Chinese boundary 1950 Birthday Ronald E McNair, Lake City, South Carolina, astr, STS-41B, 51L-Challenger disaster 1950 Event Indonesian army opens assault on Ambon, South Moluccas 1950 Event South Korean troops exceed 38 degrees latitude 1950 Death Balthazar H Verhagen, Netherlands/South African dramatist/writer, dies 1950 Event U.N. troops in Korean War recapture South Korean capital of Seoul 1950 Event During Korean conflict, United Nations forces land at Inchon in South Korea 1950 Event U.N. lands at Inchon to drive North Korean troops out of the south 1950 Death John C Smuts, co-found British RAF/South African Prime Minister 1919 - 1948, dies at 80 1950 Event 1st 407 U.S. soldiers flown to South Korea 1950 Event U.S. General MacArthur visits front in South Korea and asks for U.S. troops 1950 Event U.S. sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam 1950 Event North Koreans troop reach Seoul, United Nations asks members to aid South Korea, Truman orders Air Force and Navy into Korean conflict 1950 Event Korean conflict begins; North Korea invades South Korea 1950 Event South African parliament accept "Groups Area Act" 1950 Birthday Mary Hopkin, South Wales, singer, Those Were the Days 1950 Event Dutch Prime Minister Malan recognizes South Africa but not China PR 1950 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Rodgers and Hammerstein (South Pacific) 1950 Event South Africa passes Group Areas Act segregating races 1950 Event Independent republic of South Molukkas declared 1950 Birthday Itumeleng J Mosala, South Africa president, Azanian People's Org 1950 Event 4th Tony Awards: Cocktail Party and South Pacific win 1950 Birthday Jody Schecter, South African auto maker, World Driver's 1979 1950 Birthday Glyn Ford, born in Gloucester, England, politician, author, Labor Party, member of Gibraltar Socialist Labor Party, Member of European Parliament for South West England, expert on Asia, wrote, 'North Korea on the Brink: Struggle for Survival' 1949 Birthday Dumisa B Ntsebeza, South African attorney/anti-apartheid activist 1949 Birthday Mhlabunzima Maphumulo, South Africa Kwazulu politician 1949 Birthday Anthony Akerman, South Africa, director 1949 Birthday Clive Rice, South African cricket all-rounder, WSC 1978-79, ODI 1991 1949 Birthday Lukas D. Barnard, head of South Africa secret service, NIS 1949 Event South Africa begins implementing apartheid; no mixed marriages 1949 Birthday Frank L Culbertson, Jr., Charleston, South Carolina, Commander USN/astronaut, STS-38 1949 Event "South Pacific" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 1928 performances 1949 Event England beat South Africa by scoring 174 runs in 94 minutes 1949 Event Chinese liner "Taiping" collides with a collier off south China 1949 Event South African Reverend Andries P. Treurnicht marries Engela Dreyer 1949 Event Black/Indian race rebellion in Durban, South Africa; 142 die 1949 Event 1st photo of genes taken at University of South California by Pease and Baker 1949 Birthday Marshall Chapman, Spartanburg, South Carolina, country singer 1948 Birthday Samuel E Wright, Camden, South Carolina, actor, Enos, Ball Four 1948 Birthday Moses J "Moss" Mayekiso, South African union/SACP-leader 1948 Event Bradman scores 143 Australia vs. South of England, 17 fours 1 six 1948 Event Republic of Korea (South Korea) proclaimed (National Day) 1948 Birthday Mosiuoa Patrick "Terror" Lekota, South African UDF/ANC-leader 1948 Event Proclamation of constitution of Republic of (South) Korea 1948 Event South Africa elects a nationalist government with apartheid policy 1948 Birthday Alexander "Alec" Erwin, South African worker's union leader 1947 Birthday Stephanus S "Tian" van Merwe, leader, South Africa Democratic Party 1947 Birthday Janie Fricke, South Whitley, Indiana, singer, It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy 1947 Birthday Mosibudi Mangena, South African black leader, On Your Own 1947 Birthday Roelof P Meyer, South Africa under minister of Law and Order etc 1947 Event Compton and Bill Edrich make 370 stand for 3rd wkt vs. South Africa 1947 Birthday Daniel P. A. "Danie" Schutte, South African underminister of Justice 1947 Birthday Eric Molobi, born in South Africa, activist, ANC 1947 Birthday John Traicos, cricketer, in Egypt South Africa 1970, Zimbabwe 1992-93 1947 Death Christian F L Leipoldt, South African writer (Die Moormansgat), dies 1947 Birthday Pieter W. Coetzer, South African journalist/MP, NP 1947 Event 180-metric ton blue whale (record) caught in South Atlantic 1947 Event Greek steamer "Himara" strikes a wartime mine in Saronic Gulf south of Athens with loss of 392 of 637 aboard 1946 Event Earthquake in South Japan, kills 1,086 1946 Birthday Stephen, Steve, Biko, South African anti-apartheid activist 1946 Event Bradman scores 119 South Australia vs. Victoria, 183 minutes, 8 fours 1946 Event Walt Disney's "Song Of South" released 1946 Birthday Strinivasa Moodley, South African anti-apartheid activist 1946 Birthday Tony Greig, South Africa, cricketer, English all-rounder 1972-77 1946 Birthday Charles F Bolden, Jr., Columbia, South Carolina, astronaut, STS-61C, 31, 45, 60 1946 Birthday Robin Tallon, born in Hemingway, South Carolina, Representative-D-South Carolina 1983 - 1993 1946 Birthday Leon Wessels, South Africa lawyer/underminister of Law and Order 1946 Birthday Anne Boyd, born in Sydney, New South Wales, composer, professor of composition at the University of Sydney, recipient, Order of Australia, for contributions to music 1946 Birthday John Harrison, South Africa correspondent, BBC 1945 Event South Korea liberated from Japanese rule 1945 Birthday Barry Richards, extraordinary cricket batsman, 4 Tests for South Africa 1945 Event Battleship USS South Dakota is 1st U.S. ship to bombard Japan 1945 Birthday Richard Ottaway, born in Bristol, England, Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway, politician, Conservative Party, attended Brittania Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, Member of Parliament for Croydon South 1945 Birthday Ian White, born in South Bristol, United Kingdom, studied law, Member of the European Parliament in Wandsdyke 1945 Event U.S. minesweepers reach Kerama Retto, South coast of Okinawa 1945 Birthday Bill Bergey, born in South Dayton, New York, American collegiate and professional football player, played for American Football League's Cincinnati Bengals and NFL Philadelphia Eagles 1945 Event U.S. Task Force 38 destroys 41 Japanese ships in Battle of South China Sea 1944 Event Mail routing resumes in free South Netherlands 1944 Birthday Christopher N Dlamini, South African union/SACP-leader 1944 Birthday Renier S Schoeman, South Africa MP, NP, journalist 1944 Birthday M N Aubrey Mokoape, South Africa's Vice President, Azanian People Org 1944 Birthday Samuel J de Beer, South Africa vicar/underminister of Education 1944 Event Hitler routes 4 division of South France to Normandy 1944 Event 2500+ killed in London and South East England by German flying bombs 1944 Event South Carolina rejects black suffrage 1944 Birthday Hywel Bennett, born in South Wales, actor, Family Way, Shelley 1944 Event General Eisenhower postpones South France invasion until after Normandy 1944 Birthday Myung-Wha Chung, born in Seoul, South Korea, cellist, Chung Sisters 1944 Birthday Lee Irvine, cricketer, South African batsman, only Tests in 1970 1944 Birthday Graeme Pollock, cricketer, South African batting prodigy 1944 Birthday Eugene Terre Blanche, South Africa leader of Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging 1944 Birthday Joe Frazier, born in Beaufort, South Carolina, heavyweight boxer, 1964 Olympic gold medal, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion 1968 - 1973 1943 Birthday Oscar D. Dhlomo, South African Secretary-General of Inkatha, 1978 - 1990 1943 Birthday Lauren Hutton, Mary, Charleston, South Carolina, model/actress, American Gigolo 1943 Birthday John Shepherd, cricketer, WI all-rounder 1969-71, later in South Africa 1943 Event British 8th army lands at Taranto South Italy 1943 Event British 8th army lands in South Italy (Messina) 1943 Birthday John H Casper, Greenville, South Carolina, USAF/astronaut, STS-36, 54, 62, 77 1943 Event British invades Pantelleria, tiny island south of Sicily 1943 Birthday Eddie McGrady, born in County Down, Northern Ireland, born Eddie Kevin McGrady, Member of Parliament for South Down, founding member of the Social Democratic and Labor Party 1943 Birthday Wynand C Malan, South African lawyer/NP/DP-politician 1943 Birthday Nickolas Ashford, South Carolina, singer, Ashford and Simpson-Solid as a Rock 1943 Birthday Dave Peverett, born in Dulwich, South East London, rocker, singer, guitarist, founded, sang and played rhythm guitar for Foghat 1943 Birthday Bob Blewett, cricketer, father of Greg South Australia batsman 1975-79 1943 Event Lead, South Dakota, temp is 52 degrees F, while 1.5 miles away Deadwood SD records -16 degrees F 1942 Event German offensive in South Western Stalingrad 1942 Death James Barry M Hertzog, South African premier (1914-39), dies at 76 1942 Birthday John Du Preez, cricketer, South Africa leg-spin all-rounder vs. Australia 1966-67 1942 Birthday John P "Jannie" Roux, South African sect to President, Botha/De Klerk 1942 Event Cyclone in Bay of Bengal kills some 40,000 south of Calcutta India 1942 Birthday "Chris" Martin Thembisile Hani, Secretary-General, South Africa Communist Party 1942 Birthday Thabo Mbeki, South African economist/1st vice-president, 1994- 1942 Birthday Ali Bacher, cricketer, South African batsman and captain in 60's 1942 Birthday Pallo Jordan, South African ANC member/heads, Radio Freedom 1942 Event 1st transport of British/Dutch prisoners to South Burma 1942 Birthday Larry Pressler, born in Humboldt, South Dakota, Senator-R-South Dakota 1979 - 1997 1942 Birthday Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Due West, South Carolina, news reporter, McNeil-Lehrer 1942 Event Japanese troops march into Palembang, South Sumatra 1942 Event Japanese troops land near Makassar, South Celebes 1942 Birthday Bo Hopkins, Greenville, South Carolina, actor, Dynasty, Doc Elliot, Rockford Files 1942 Birthday Amichand Rajbansi, South African politician 1941 Birthday Hermanus J Kriel, South African minister of Planning, 1989- 1941 Event Winston Churchill routes "Forces South" to SE Asia 1941 Birthday Jesse Jackson, born in Greenville, South Carolina, clergyman/presidential candidate, D 1941 Birthday Mogoboya NN Ramadike, South African politician in Lebowa 1941 Birthday Thomas F. Hartnett, born in Charleston, South Carolina, Representative-R-South Carolina 1981 - 1986 1941 Event Carolina Paprika Mills in Dillon South Carolina, incorporated 1940 Event South Australia all out for 47 vs. NSW, O'Reilly 5-11 1940 Birthday Manfred Mann, Michael Lubowitz, South Africa, rocker, Mighty Quinn 1940 Event Germany air attack on South England (Battle of Britain begins) 1940 Birthday Eddie Barlow, cricketer, Great South African all-rounder 1940 Birthday Richard Wells, Chief Constable, South Yorkshire 1940 Birthday Carroll A. Campbell, Jr., born in Greenville, South Carolina, Representative-R-South Carolina, 1979 - 1986, Governor of South Carolina 1987 - 1995 1940 Birthday Jim Clyburn, born in Sumter, South Carolina, Representative-D-South Carolina 1993 - 1940 Birthday Dawid J "Dawie" de Villiers, South African minister of energy, 1989- 1940 Birthday Simon Hobday, born in Mareking, South Africa, PGA golfer, 1994 U.S. Senior Open 1940 Birthday H R "Tiger" Lance, cricketer, South African batting all-rounder 1961-67 1940 Birthday Pat Trimborn, cricket pace bowler, South African in 4 Tests 1966-70 1940 Birthday Joseph L. Goldstein, born in Sumter, South Carolina, physician, Nobel-1985 1940 Birthday Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, chairman, South Africa Progressive Federal Party, 1979-86 1940 Birthday Joe South, Atlanta, guitarist/songwriter/singer, Games People Play 1940 Birthday Johnson P Mlambo, South African leader, Pan-African Congress 1940 Birthday Dennis Gamsy, cricketer, South African bat in 2 Tests vs. Australia 1970 1940 Event Bradman scores 209* in 161 minutes for South Australia at the WACA 1940 Birthday Tom Brokaw, born in Yankton, South Dakota, news anchor, NBC Nightly News 1982- 1940 Birthday Barend J du Plessis, South African minister of Finance, 1984- 1940 Birthday Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali, South African poet, Fireflames 1939 Event South Australia score 7-821 against Queensland 1939 Event Bradman scores 138 in South Australia's 7-821 vs. Queensland 1939 Birthday Christoffel "Stoffel" van de Merwe, South Africa minister of Education 1939 Birthday Ken Walter, South African cricket pace bowler, 1961-62 series vs. New Zealand 1939 Birthday Franklin A Sonn, union leader, South African workers 1939 Birthday Joseph Mosikili, South African actor/singer 1939 Birthday Breyten Breytenbach, South African poet/painter 1939 Event South Africa declares war on nazi-Germany 1939 Event Britain declares war on Germany. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada 1939 Birthday Smangaliso P Mkhatshwa, born in South Africa, Secretary-General, Bishops' Conference 1983-88 1939 Birthday Geoff Griffin, cricketer, South Africa quick, hat-trick and chuck vs. England 1960 1939 Birthday Nganani Enos J Mabuza, South African leader, Inyandza National Movement 1939 Birthday Patrick Cormack, born in Grimsby, England, politician, journalist, author, historian, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for South Staffordshire 1939 Birthday Michael Macaulay, cricketer, Tvl, W Prov, OFS, NE Tvl, E Prov and South Africa 1939 Birthday Hugh Masekela, born in Wilbank, South Africa, trumpeter, I Am Not Afraid 1939 Birthday Jay Kim, born in Seoul, South Korea, Representative-R-California 1993 - 1999 1939 Event England draw with South Africa at Durban on the 10th day 1939 Birthday Janet Suzman, South Africa, actress, Dry White Season, Nuns on the Run 1938 Event Paul Gibb scores 106 on Test Cricket debut vs. South Africa 1938 Event Bradman scores 225 South Australia vs. Qld before Christ gets him out 1938 Event Tom Goddard takes a cricket hat-trick for England vs. South Africa 1938 Event Bradman scores 143 South Australia vs. NSW, 11 fours 91 singles 1938 Birthday Dennis RB Madide, South African Internal minister of Transkei 1938 Birthday Elizabeth H "Rina" Venter, South African minister of Health care 1938 Birthday [David] Deacon Jones, NFL defensive end, LA, South Dakota, Washington 1938 Birthday Jeremy Boorda, born in South Bend, Indiana, admiral, U.S. Navy, 25th Chief of Naval Operations 1938 Birthday Wynne Bradburn, cricketer, father of Grant New Zealand batsman vs. South Africa 1964 1938 Birthday Richard Dumbrill, cricketer, South African all-rounder in 5 Tests 1965-67 1938 Birthday Peter Carlstein, cricketer, South African Test batsman 1958-64 1938 Birthday Dudu Pukwana, Mtutuzel, South African/British saxophonist/composer 1938 Birthday Billy Mills, born in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, 10k, Olympics gold 64 1938 Birthday James Botten, cricketer, all-rounder in 1965 South Africa series vs. England 1938 Birthday Glen Hall, cricket leg-spinner, South African in one Test vs. England 1964 1938 Birthday Andreas J "Cat" Liebenberg, supreme commander, South Africa army 1938 Birthday Colin Bland, cricketer, South African bat Maybe the best cover field 1938 Event Bradman scores 104* for South Australia vs. NSW at the SCG 1938 Event Bradman scores 107 for South Australia vs. Qld (1st innings) 1937 Event O'Reilly completes 14-98 for cricket match, NSW vs. South Australia 1937 Event Bill O'Reilly takes 9-41 for NSW against South Australia 1937 Birthday Adrian J Vlok, South African NP-minister of Law and Order, 1986- 1937 Birthday Jacobus H "Koos" van de Merwe, South Africa attorney/CP parliament leader 1937 Birthday Chuck Jackson, born in Latta, South Carolina, singer, Any Day Now, I Don't Want to Cry 1937 Birthday Ebrahim I Ebrahim, South African ANCer/Umkhonto we Sizwe-leader 1937 Birthday Peter van der Merwe, cricketer, South African captain of mid-1960's 1937 Birthday Grahame Chevalier, cricketer, one Test for South Africa 1970, 0 and 0*, 5-100 1937 Birthday Dorothy Provine, Deadwood, South Dakota, actress, Good Neighbor Sam, Darn Cat 1936 Birthday W S "Buster" Farrer, cricketer, South African Test batsman 1962-64 1936 Birthday Neville E Alexander, South african, 10 years in Robbeneiland Jail 1936 Birthday David Pithey, cricketer, bro of Tony, South Africa all-rounder in 8 Tests 1936 Event 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Gannvalley, South Dakota (state record) 1936 Birthday Chad Everett, born in South Bend, Indiana, actor, Medical Center, Airplane II 1936 Birthday M. A. "Kelly" Seymour, cricketer, South Africa off-spinner in 7 Tests 1963-70 1936 Event Amy Johnson arrives in Croydon England from South Africa in record 4d16h 1936 Birthday Gary Owens, Mitchell, South Dakota, disc jockey/TV host, Laugh, Indiana, Gong Show 1936 Event Grimmett ends his Test career with 13 wkts in 5th Test vs. South Africa 1936 Event -58 degrees F (-50 degrees C), McIntosh, South Dakota (state record) 1936 Death Tommy Ward, South African cricket wicket keeper (23 Tests), electrocuted 1936 Birthday Ferdinand Hartzenberg, South African minister of Education, 1979-82 1936 Event Grimmett becomes world record wicket taker with no 190 vs. South Africa 1935 Event Bradman scores 117 in his 1st Shield cricket match for South Australia 1935 Event Test Cricket debut of "Chuck" Fleetwood-Smith vs. South Africa, Durban 1935 Death H B "Jock" Cameron, South Africa cricket captain (v England 1935, age 30), dies 1935 Birthday Gary J. Player, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, PGA golfer, British Open 1959, 1968, 1974 1935 Birthday Paul Barton, cricketer, New Zealand batsman in early 1960's, century vs. South Africa 1935 Birthday Bobby Richardson, South Carolina, 2nd baseman, New York Yankees 1935 Birthday Zakes Mokae, Johannesburg South Africa, actor, Comedians 1935 Birthday George Varnals, South African cricket batsman, England 1964-65 1935 Birthday Chris Burger, cricketer, South African batsman vs. Australia 1957-58 1935 Birthday Wynand Breytenbach, South African under minister of Defense, 1986- 1935 Birthday Reverend Ike, South Carolina, evangelist minister, Joy of Living 1935 Birthday Andre P. Brink, South African writer, Dry White Season 1935 Birthday Denis J. Worrall, South African politician/leader, DP 1935 Birthday Sister Bernard Ncube, South African nun 1935 Birthday Clive Halse, cricketer, South Africa fast bowler on 1963-64 Australia/New Zealand tour 1935 Birthday John J "Jannie" Geldenhuys, supreme commander South Africa army 1980- 1934 Birthday Ronald Harwood, Horwitz, South African playwright, Dresser 1934 Birthday Harold Ralph Henning, Johannesburg South Africa, PGA golfer, 1966 Texas Open 1934 Birthday Winnie Mandela-Madikizela, South African anti-apartheid protestor 1934 Event 1st sitting U.S. president to visit South America, Franklin D. Roosevelt in Colombia 1934 Birthday Abdulah M "Dulah" Omar, South African attorney/UDF-leader 1934 Birthday Sydney Burke, cricketer, South Africa quick, 11 wkts on Test debut vs. New Zealand 1961 1934 Birthday George "Sparky" Anderson, South Dakota, baseball manager, Reds, Tigers 1934 Birthday Marlene Bauer Hagge, Eureka, South Dakota, LPGA golfer, 1950 Woman Athlete 1933 Birthday Jim Pothecary, cricketer, South African pace bowler on 1960 England tour 1933 Birthday Gerald Masters, South African/British author, Pan Book of Dates 1933 Birthday Tony Pithey, cricketer, brother of David, South African batsman in 17 Tests 1933 Birthday Keith Baxter, born in South Wales, actor, Barretts at Wimpole Street 1933 Birthday Chris Duckworth, cricketer, South African batsman vs. England 1956-57 1933 Birthday Kim Elgie, cricketer, South African bat vs. New Zealand 1961-62, Scotland RU International 1932 Birthday Roger Smith, South Gate California, actor, 77 Sunset Strip 1932 Birthday Roh Tae Woo, Taegu South Korea, President South Korea, 1988-93 1932 Event Pieter G. Marais, South Africa minister of Education/Development aid 1932 Birthday Lloyd Haynes, South Bend Indiana, actor, Pete Dixon-Room 222 1932 Event Dutch South Seas rebaptized in IJsselmeer 1932 Birthday Curnick M Ndlovu, Jailed South Africian worker's union leader 1932 Birthday Gibson Kente, born in South Africa, wrote about life in South African black townships, known as Father of Black Theater in South Africa 1932 Birthday Henry Bromfield, cricketer, South Africa off-spinner in 9 Tests 1961-65 1932 Death Solomon Tshkisho Platje, South African writer, dies 1932 Birthday Athol Fugard, born in Middleburg, South Africa, anti-apartheid writer, Blood Knot 1932 Death Henry Taberer, cricket (bowl Trumper only Test wkt for South Africa), dies 1932 Event Dam closed, at current monument (South Seas) 1932 Birthday Godfrey Lawrence, cricketer, South African fast bowler, 8-53 vs. New Zealand 1961 1932 Birthday F. W. de Klerk, president South Africa, 1989-94 1932 Birthday Miriam Makeba, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, singer, Grammy 1965 1932 Birthday Buck Trent, Spartanburg, South Carolina, banjoist/singer, Hee Haw 1932 Event Australia beat South Africa in cricket by an inn in 5 hours 53 minutes playing time 1932 Event South Africa all out for 36 in 1st innings vs. Australia (Ironmonger 5-6) 1932 Birthday J P "Pom-Pom" Felloes-Smith, cricketer, South Africa batsman vs. England 1960 1932 Event Grimmett takes 14 wickets vs. South Africa (7-116 and 7-83) 1932 Event Bradman makes 299* vs South Africa, runs out partner going for 300th 1932 Event Grimmett 7-116 in South Africa 1st innings at Adelaide Oval 1932 Event Test debut of Bill O'Reilly, vs South Africa at Adelaide 1932 Event Bradman scores 167 for Australia vs. South Africa at the MCG 1931 Birthday Georg "Org" Marais, South African economist/underminister of Finance 1931 Event Bradman scores 112 Australia vs. South Africa at cricket SCG 1931 Event British Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, Newfndlnd 1931 Event Bradman scores 219 NSW vs. South Africa, 234 minutes, 15 fours 1931 Event Bradman scores 226, the 1st Test Cricket century at Gabba, vs. South Africa 1931 Event Bradman scores 135 NSW vs. South Africa, 128 minutes, 15 fours 1931 Birthday John Kerr, New York City, actor, South Pacific, Peyton Place, Pit and Pendulum 1931 Birthday Desmond Tutu, Anglican Archbishop of South Africa, Nobel Peace Prize 1982 1931 Event Japanese troops conquer Mukden, South Manchuria 1931 Birthday Brook Benton, Camden, South Carolina, vocalist, Frankie and Johnny 1931 Birthday Mitzi Gaynor, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress/vocalist, Les Girls, South Pacific 1931 Birthday Mark Weinberg, South African/British fiancier/multi-millionaire 1931 Birthday Eddie Fuller, cricketer, South African fast bowler in 7 Tests 1952-58 1931 Birthday Trevor Goddard, cricketer, South African opening batsman and opening bowler 1931 Birthday Eugene Louw, South African minister of Internal affairs 1931 Birthday Hendrick J "Kobie" Coetsee, South Africa minister of Defense/Justice 1931 Birthday Leslie Thomas, born in Newport, Wales, author, published 'In My Wildest Dreams', recounting childhood in South Wales, in early life, wrote columns for London Evening News newspaper 1931 Birthday Neil Adcock, cricketer, South African pace bowler, 104 wkts 1953-62 1931 Birthday Alexander L "Alex" Boraine, South Africa vicar/MP 1930 Event Bradman scores 258 NSW vs. South Australia, 289 minutes, 37 fours 1930 Event South Carolina Genemuiden soccer team forms 1930 Birthday Peter J Clase, South African minister of Education/Culture, 1985- 1930 Birthday David M G Curry, South African Labour Party parliament leader 1930 Birthday Roy McLean, cricketer, prolific South African batsman played 40 Tests 1930 Birthday James Gathers, Sumter, South Carolina, 200m runner 1952 Olympics bronze 1930 Birthday Ian Leggat, cricketer, 1 Test vs. South Africa 1953-54 without distinction 1930 Birthday Michael Melle, cricketer, South African pace bowler of early 1950's 1930 Event White woman win voting rights in South Africa 1930 Birthday Roelof F "Pik" Botha, South African minister of Foreign affairs 1930 Birthday Elijah Barayi, head of South Africa union centre, COSATU 1930 Birthday Magnus Adem Malan, South African minister of Defense, 1980- 1930 Event WIS-AM (now WOMG) in Columbia South Carolina begins radio transmissions 1930 Birthday John Waite, cricket wicket-keeper, great South African 1929 Event Lieutenant Commander Richard E. Byrd sends "My calculations indicate that we have reached vicinity of South Pole" 1929 Event Admiral Richard E Byrd makes 1st South Pole flight 1929 Birthday Billy Nair, South Africa union/SACP leader, 20 years in Robbeneiland Prison 1929 Death Nicolaas Theunissen, South Africa cricket break bowler (2nd Test 1889), dies 1929 Birthday Ahmed "Kathy" Kathrada, leader of South Africa Communist Party 1929 Birthday Joe Modise, South African commandant of Umkhonto we Sizwe, 1965- 1929 Birthday Paul Winslow, cricketer, big-hitter for South Africa, 108 vs. England 1955 1929 Birthday Cuan McCarthy, cricketer, 36 Test wkts for South Africa, 1 career no-ball 1929 Birthday Jackie McGlew, cricketer, dour South African opening bat of the 50' 1929 Birthday Hugh Tayfield, cricketer, celebrated South African off-spinner 1949-60 1929 Birthday Ian Thomson, cricketer, England seam bowler vs. South Africa 1964-65 1929 Event Coup by King Alexander in South Slavia 1928 Birthday Zacharias J de Beer, South African physician/MP, DP 1928 Birthday Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African Leader 1928 Birthday Jack Nel, cricketer, South African opening bat in 6 Tests 1949-57 1928 Birthday Peter Heine, cricketer, solid South African fast bowler in 1950's 1928 Birthday Betsy Rawls, Spartanburg, South Carolina, golfer, US Womens Open-51, 53, 57, 60 1928 Birthday James Brown, born in Barnwell, South Carolina, soul singer, 'Hot Pants', 'Living in America' 1928 Birthday Floyd Spence, born in Columbia, South Carolina, Representative-R-South Carolina 1971 - 2001 1928 Birthday Clive Van Ryneveld, cricketer, South African all-rounder 1951-58 1928 Birthday Bettye Ackerman, Cottageville, South Carolina, actress, Maggie Graham-Ben Casey 1928 Birthday Eartha Kitt, South Carolina, singer and actress, Catwoman-Batman 1927 Event Cricket 1st-class debut of Don Bradman, NSW vs. South Australia 1927 Birthday Carel W. H. Boshoff, South African head, Broederbond/Volkswag 1927 Birthday Hedley Keith, cricketer, solid left-handed for South Africa in the 1950's 1927 Birthday Helenard J "Allan" Hendrickse, leader of South Africa Labour Party 1927 Birthday Nadine Judd, Nadia Moore/Nerina, South African/British ballerina 1927 Birthday Eli van der Merwe Louw, South Africa minister of Transport/Manpower 1927 Birthday Althea Gibson, born in Silver, South Carolina, 1st black tennis champion in a major event 1927 Birthday James H. Weaver, born in Brookings, South Dakota, Representative-D-Oregon 1975 - 1987 1927 Birthday George Hunter, born in South Africa, light heavyweight boxer, Gold Medal 1948 Olympics 1927 Event U.S. Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota closes 1927 Birthday Martinus J Mentz, South African MP, Conservative 1927 Birthday Sid O'Linn, cricketer, soccer for South Africa 1947, cricket 1960 1927 Birthday Arthur Ravenel, Jr., born in Charleston, South Carolina, Representative-R-South Carolina 1987 - 1995 1927 Event For 2nd Sunday in a row golfers in South Carolina arrested for violating Sabbath 1927 Event Golfers in South Carolina arrested for violating Sabbath 1926 Birthday Edgar D Ngoyi, South African ANC leader, 17 years in Robbeneiland Jail 1926 Birthday Ronald Draper, cricketer, South African batsman vs. Australia 1949-50 1926 Birthday Gerrit van Niekerk Viljoen, South African minister of Legislation 1926 Event Gold discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa 1926 Birthday Carlisle Floyd, born in Latta, South Carolina, composer, Slow Dusk 1926 Birthday Geoffrey Caston, vice chancellor, University of South Pacific 1926 Birthday Gerrit A. Kooy, Dutch sociologist, Apartheid and work in South Africa 1926 Birthday Edgar Meuli, cricketer, opened New Zealand batting in Test vs. South Africa 1953 1926 Event Tokelau (Union) Islands in South Pacific transfers to New Zealand 1925 Birthday Christmas F Tinto, South African ANC'er/UDF-leader 1925 Birthday Ken Funston, South African cricket batsman, 18 Tests during 1950's 1925 Birthday Kim Dae Jung, South Korean Statesman 1925 Birthday Richard Burton, born in South Wales, actor, Cleopatra, Virginia Woolf 1925 Birthday Jayaaram N Reddy, South African politician/banker 1925 Birthday Virginia Capers, Sumter, South Carolina, actress, White Mama, Original Intent 1925 Birthday Ruth Mompati, South Africa secretary of Nelson Mandela/W Sisulu 1925 Birthday Billy Pinkney, Sumter, South Carolina, rock bassist/vocalist, Drifters 1925 Birthday Gertrude Shope, South African head, ANC female section 1925 Birthday Alistair Taylor, cricketer, one Test as opening bat for South Africa 1956 1925 Birthday Alfred B Nzo, South African Secretary-General ANC, 1969- 1925 Birthday Francois J [Frank] le Roux, chief whip, South Afr Conserv Party 1925 Birthday Peter Blum, German/South African/English poet, Capricorn 1925 Birthday David Ironside, cricketer, South Africa swing bowler in 3 Tests vs. New Zealand 1953-54 1925 Birthday Al Rosen, born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, 3rd baseman, AL MVP 1953, N.Y. Yankee president 1925 Birthday Ian Smith, cricket leg-spinner, South Africa 1947-58 avg 64.08 1925 Birthday Alex La Guma, Cape Town South Africa, novelist, A Walk in the Night 1924 Birthday John Portman, born in South Carolina, architect, Ivan Allen Award-1964 1924 Birthday Nigel Green, South Africa, actor, Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File 1924 Birthday Elias Motsoaledi, South African Umkhonto we Sizwe-commandant 1924 Event England score 2-503 in day's play vs. South Africa at Lord's 1924 Event Test cricket ump debut for Frank Chester, vs. South Africa at Lord's 1924 Event South Africa all out 30 vs. England in 48 minutes, Gilligan 6-7 1924 Event Test Cricket debuts of Herbert Sutcliffe and Maurice Tate vs. South Africa 1924 Birthday Russell Endean, cricketer, 28 Tests for South Africa, handled the ball 1956 1924 Birthday Stanley Donen, South Carolina, film director/producer, Bedazzled, Damn Yankees 1924 Event Crown takes over Northern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co 1924 Event South Slavia aproves Italy's annexation of Fiume (Rijeka) 1924 Birthday Henry M Fazzie, South Africa Union/UDF-leader 1923 Birthday Wilton S Mkwayi, South African ANC leader 1923 Birthday Nadine Gordimer, Springs South Africa, novelist 1923 Birthday Nadine Gordimer, South African author, July's people, Nobel 1991 1923 Birthday Glynis Johns, Pretoria South Africa, actress, Mary Poppins 1923 Event Britain takes over Southern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co 1923 Birthday Henryk Czyz, born in Grudziadz, Poland, composer, wrote contemporary music, performed in Europe, America and South America 1923 Event Mussolini government italian place in South Tirol/Alto Adige 1923 Birthday John Watkins, cricketer, South African all-rounder in 15 Tests 49-57 1923 Birthday Nguyen Van Thieu, South Vietnam president, 1965-75 1923 Birthday James Abdnor, born in Kennebec, South Dakota, Senator-R-South Dakota 1981 - 1987, Representative-D-South Dakota 1973 - 1981 1922 Event NSW all out for 786 against South Australia Cricket 1922 Birthday George Fullerton, cricketer, South African keeper-batsman 1947-51 1922 Birthday Christiaan Barnard, South Africa, surgeon, perform 1st heart transplant 1922 Birthday Thomas T Nkobi, South Africa ANC-leader, Alexandra-bus boycott 1957 1922 Birthday George McGovern, born in Avon, South Dakota, Representative-D-South Dakota 1957 - 1961, Senator-D-South Dakota 1963 - 1981, Democratic President candidate 1972 1922 Birthday John Bromfield, born in South Bend, Indiana, actor, Easy to Love 1922 Birthday Anton Murray, cricketer, South African batsman in 10 Tests 1951-55 1922 Event South Ossetian Autonomous Region forms in Georgian SSR 1922 Event State of siege proclaimed during mine strike Johannesburg, South Africa 1922 Death Christiaan R de Wet, South African Boer general, dies at 67 1922 Death Christiaan Rudolf de Wet, South African Politician 1922 Death Christiaan R de Wet, South African Boer general, dies at 67 1922 Death Ernest H Shackleton, British South pole explorer (Endurance), dies at 47 1922 Birthday Ernest Hollings, born in Charleston, South Carolina, Senator-D-South Carolina 1966 - 2005 1921 Birthday J. James Exon, born in Geddes, South Dakota, Senator-D-Nebraska 1979 - 1997 1921 Birthday Jeff Donnell, born in South Windham, Maine, actor, Gidget Goes to Rome 1921 Birthday Willem J "Wim" the Villiers, South Africa minister of Administration 1921 Birthday Hugh Neill, Lord-Lieutenant, South Yorkshire 1921 Birthday Andries Treurnicht, Dr. No, founder, South Africa Conservative Party 1921 Birthday Athol Rowan, cricketer, brother of Eric, South African off-spinner 1920 Event South Africa receives League of Nations mandate over SW Africa 1920 Death Olive Schreiner, South Afr writer (Healing Imagination), dies at 75 1920 Event NSW make 802 against South Australia, then Mailey takes 8-81 1920 Event Italy annexes South Tirol (Alto Adige) 1920 Birthday Gerard W. Taylor, South African/British surgeon 1920 Birthday Jack Cheetham, cricketer, South African batsman, Test captain early 50's 1920 Event 1st flight from London to South Africa lands (1 month) 1920 Birthday Percy Mansell, cricketer, leg-spin all-rounder in 13 Tests for South Africa 1920 Birthday David Wright, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, given name David John Murray Wright, editor of 'X', autobiography 'Deafness. A Personal Account' gives insight into deafness 1920 Event 1st flight from London to South Africa takes-off 1919 Birthday Myron Floren, Webster, South Dakota, accordionist, Lawrence Welk Show 1919 Event General John Smuts becomes premier of South Africa 1919 Death Louis Botha, South African Boer leader, dies 1919 Death Louis Botha, South African soldier/statesman, dies 1919 Birthday Robert KJE Antonissen, South African literary 1919 Event Race riot in Charleston, South Carolina, 2 blacks killed 1919 Event Paris Peace Conference disposes of German colonies; German East Africa is assigned to Britain and France, German SW Africa to South Africa 1919 Birthday Hugh FitzRoy, born in Cape Town, South Africa, 11th Duke of Grafton, Deputy Lieutenant, KG, patrilineal descendant of King Charles II's third eldest illegitimate son 1919 Birthday Lois Collier, born in South Carolina, actress, Mary-Boston Blackie, Slave Girl 1919 Birthday Peter Abrahams, South African Novelist 1919 Birthday Lindsay Tuckett, cricketer, son of Len, 9 Tests for South Africa 1947-49 1918 Birthday Martin Hanley, cricketer, took 1-88 with off-spin in Test for South Africa 1918 Birthday Nelson Mandela, born in Qunu, South Africa, political prisoner, ANC, President, 1994- 1918 Event Dutch government reclaims South seas 1918 Birthday Rowley I Arenstein, South African attorney/communist/ANC'er 1917 Birthday Helen Suzman, born in South Africa, politician and anti-apartheid activist, served 36 years in parliament 1917 Birthday Jack Plimsoll, cricketer, South Africa lefty quick, 3-143 in only Test 1947 1917 Birthday Isang Yun, born in Tongyeong, South Korea, composer, professor, son of renowned poet Yun Ki-hyon, exhiled from South Korea, taught at Hanover Academy of Music 1917 Birthday Robert Mitchum, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, actor, Winds of War, North and South 1917 Death William Shalders, South Africa cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies 1916 Death Claude Newberry, South Africa cricket All-rounder (v England 1913-14), dies 1916 Event 33.6 cm rainfall at Effingham South Carolina (state record) 1916 Birthday Roden Cutler, Governor, New South Wales 1916 Event Dutch South Sea dike cracks 1916 Birthday A. P. W. Botha, Orange Free State, president of South Africa 1915 Birthday Balthazar Johannes Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa, 1966-77 1915 Event British/South African troops march into German SW-Africa 1915 Event Germany surrenders South West Africa to Union of South Africa 1915 Birthday Charles Hard Townes, born in Greenville, South Carolina, physicist, developed lasers 1915 Event Anti-British revolt in South Africa ends with arrest of General De Law 1915 Birthday Christian Beyers Naude, South African anti-apartheid fighter 1915 Birthday Johannes J "Joop" Klant, Netherlands/South Africa economist, Madame Sans Gane 1915 Birthday Elisabeth Eybers, South Afr/Dutch poet, That Woman and Other Verses 1914 Birthday Denis Begbie, cricketer, South African batsman in five Tests 1948-50 1914 Event Pro-German Boers begin opposition of British authority in South Africa 1914 Event South African troops land in German South West Africa 1914 Birthday Gail Kubik, South Coffeyville, Oklahoma, composer, Gerald McBoing Boing 1914 Birthday Ted Moore, South Africa, cinematographer, James Bond 1914 Event Mahatma Gandhi's 1st arrest, campaigning for Indian rights in South Africa 1914 Birthday Billy Wade, cricket wicket-keeper, South African in 11 Tests 1938-50 1914 Birthday Dennis Dyer, cricketer, opened batting for South Africa vs. England 1947 1914 Birthday William Westmoreland, born in Saxon, South Carolina, army general, Vietnam era 1914 Birthday Archibald J Gumede, South Africa ANC member/chairman, UDF 1914 Birthday John Daly, South Africa, newscaster/TV game show host, What's My Line 1914 Birthday Wensley Pithey, Cape Town South Africa, actor, Winston Churchill-Ike 1913 Event Barnes takes 17 wickets vs South Africa (8-56 and 9-103) 1913 Event Mohandas K. Gandhi arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa 1913 Birthday Bao Dai, emperor of Annam/Indochina/head of South Vietnam, 1949-55 1913 Event Explosion and fire in Universal Coal Mine, South Wales 1913 Birthday Zeph[ania L] Mothopeng, President South Afr Pan-African Congress, 1986- 1913 Event Amsterdam reroutes sewage of canals to South Seas 1913 Birthday Andrea C Bensddorp, Dutch/South African actress, Commensaal 1913 Birthday Judith Evelyn, born in Seneca, South Dakota, actress, 13th Letter, Tingler, Rear Window 1913 Event 6.8-m, 4000-kg elephant seal killed, South Georgia (S Atlantic) 1913 Death Elephant seal, 6.8-m, 4000-kg, killed in S Georgia (South Atlantic) 1912 Birthday Reta Shaw, South Paris Maine, actress, Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1912 Event St. Pius X encyclical "On Indians of South America" 1912 Event Jackie Matthews takes 2 cricket hat-tricks same day Australia vs. South Africa 1912 Event The RMS Titanic collided with an iceberg at 11:40pm about 375 miles south of Newfoundland; it was the fourth day of her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK to New York City 1912 Event Captain Robert Scott, storm-bound in a tent near South Pole, makes last entry in his diary "the end cannot be far" 1912 Event Roald Amundsen announces discovery of the South Pole 1912 Birthday Arthur Beaumont C. Langton, cricketer, South Africa pace bowler of 1930's 1912 Event Fram reaches latitude 78 degrees 41' S, farthest south ever by ship 1912 Event English explorer Robert F Scott and his expedition reach South Pole, only to discover that Roald Amundsen had gotten there before 1912 Event Robert Scott expedition arrives at South Pole, 1 month after Amundsen 1912 Event South Pacific RR offers to bring Liberty Bell to Exposition, free 1911 Event South Pole 1st reached, by Norwegian Roald Amundsen 1911 Event Robert Scott's expedition leaves Cape Evans for South Pole 1911 Event Roald Amundsen sets out on race to South Pole 1911 Birthday Norman Gordon, South Africa cricket pace bowler, against England 1938-39 1911 Birthday Van Lingle Mungo, born in South Carolina, pitcher, Dodgers, Giants 1911 Birthday Bob Crisp, cricketer, South African pace bowler of 30's 1911 Birthday Hubert Humphrey, born in Wallace, South Dakota, Senator-D-Minnesota 1949 - 1964 and 1971 - 1978, 38th Vice President 1965 - 1969 1911 Birthday Geoff Chubb, cricketer, South Africa pace bowler vs. England 1951-52 aged 40 1911 Death Bill Murdoch, cricketer, dies while watching Australia vs. South Africa Test 1911 Birthday Elizabeth Bishop, U.S. poet, North and South, Pulitzer Prize, 1956 1911 Birthday A. W. "Dooley" Briscoe, cricketer, batted in 2 Tests for South Africa 30's 1911 Death Peter A "Piet" Cronje, South Africa Boer general, dies at about 75 1911 Event South Africa's 1st win over Australia, at Adelaide 1911 Event Trumper scored double cricket ton vs. South Africa, goes on to get 214 1911 Event South Australia transfers Northern Territory to federal government 1910 Birthday Cyril Cusack, Durban Natal South Africa, actor, Day of the Jackal 1910 Birthday Lennox Brown, cricketer, South Africa leg-spinner on 1931-32 Australia/New Zealand tour 1910 Birthday A "Dudley" Nourse, cricketer, son of Dave, brilliant South African bat 1910 Event Start of South Africa's 1st F-C game in Australia (vs. South Australia) It rained 1910 Birthday Xenophon Balaskas, cricketer, South African leg-spinner of 30's 1910 Event Boers and Afrikaners win 1st general elections in Union of South Africa 1910 Birthday Govan AM Mbeki, South African leader, ANC/SACP 1910 Event Union of South Africa becomes a dominion 1910 Event William D. Crum, a South Carolina physician, appointed minister to Liberia 1910 Event South Carolina Enschede soccer team forms in Enschede 1910 Event Cape of Good Hope becomes part of Union of South Africa 1910 Event Union of South Africa declares independence from U.K. 1910 Birthday Alan Melville, cricketer, graceful South African batsman 1938-49 1910 Birthday Uys Krige, South African playwright/novelist, Orphan of the Desert 1910 Birthday Edith S. Green, born in Trent, South Dakota, Representative-D-Oregon 1955 - 1974 1909 Event English King Edward VII signs South Africa Bill 1909 Birthday Eric Quail Davies, cricket pace bowler, 5 Tests for South Africa 1935-39 1909 Birthday Ronnie Grieveson, South Africa cricket keeper/batsman, 2 Tests vs. England 1939 1909 Birthday Len Darling, cricketer, South Australian and Test batsman of 30's 1909 Birthday Eric Rowan, South African cricketer, prolific batsman pre- and post-WWII 1909 Birthday John Cochrane, South African cricket pace bowler, one Test 1931 1909 Death Flooi Du Toit, cricket leg-spinner (Test for South Africa 1892), dies 1909 Birthday Gerald Bond, cricketer, one Test South Africa vs. England 1938, 0 and 0-16 1909 Birthday Louis Hayward, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, actor, Lone Wolf, Survivors 1909 Birthday Charlie Walker, South Australia cricket wicket-keeper, toured but no Tests 1909 Birthday Helen Chandler, Charleston, South Carolina, actress, Christopher Strong, Dracula 1909 Event British explorer Ernest Shackleton finds magnetic south pole 1909 Event David, Mawson and Mackay reach south magnetic pole 1909 Event Ernest Shackleton reaches 88 degrees 23' south 1909 Birthday Bruce Mitchell, cricketer, South African bat, their top run-scorer, 3471, 1908 Birthday Harry Oppenheimer, South African Businessman 1908 Birthday Joshua Logan, Broadway producer, South Pacific 1908 Birthday Grady Sutton, born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, actor, Pruitts of South Hampton 1908 Birthday Josh White, born in Greenville, South Carolina, born Joshua Daniel White, guitarist, singer, civil rights activist, unique stylings and techniques inspired Nat King Cole, Harry Belafonte, Bob Dylan 1907 Birthday Syd Curnow, cricketer, South African batsman in 7 Tests 1930-32 1907 Birthday Richard Harkness, Artesian, South Dakota, newscaster, Story of the Week, NBC 1907 Event -27 degrees F (-33 degrees C), Sarmiento, Argentina (South American record) 1907 Birthday Horace McMahon, South Norwalk, Connecticut, actor, Martin Kane Private Eye 1907 Birthday James A. Michener, New York City, writer, South Pacific, Hawaii, Space 1906 Birthday Eric Dalton, cricketer, 2 centuries in 15 Tests for South Africa 1929-39 1906 Event Roald Amundsen discovers Magnetic South Pole 1906 Birthday A J "Sandy" Bell, South Africa cricket fast bowler, 16 Tests 1929-35 1906 Event South Africa complete a 4-1 series drubbing of England 1906 Birthday H Algernon F "Algy" Rumbold, English diplomat, South Africa/Tibet 1906 Birthday Benedict Vilakazi, South Africa, poet/educator, Zulu-English Dictionary 1906 Event South Africa beat England by one wicket, their 1st Test win 1905 Event 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Rivadavia, Argentina (South American record) 1905 Birthday George Bissett, cricketer, successful South African quick in 1927-28 1905 Birthday Joel McCrea, South Pasadena, California, actor, Marshal-Wichita Town 1905 Birthday Jock Cameron, South African cricket keeper, captain 1905 Event Whites win right to vote in South Africa 1905 Event Rebel battle flags captured during war are returned to South 1905 Event World's largest diamond, Cullinan - 3106 carets, found in South Africa 1904 Birthday Jim Christy, righty cricket batter, Transvaal, Queensland and South Africa 1904 Death S J Paul Kruger, general/president South Africa (1883-1904), dies at 78 1904 Birthday Quintin McMillan, cricketer, South African leg spinner 1929-32 1904 Event Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League) 1904 Event 1st performance of Edward Elgar's "In the South (Alassio)" 1904 Birthday Douglas Evans, actor, South Pacific Trail 1904 Event Herero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising 1903 Event AVC Heracles (South Carolina Heracles '74) soccer team forms in Almelo 1903 Birthday Alan Paton, South Africa, writer, Cry, the Beloved Country 1903 Birthday Gene Roth, born in South Dakota, actor, 'She Demons', 'Spider' 1902 Birthday Barton MacLane, South Carolina, actor, Geisha Boy, Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie 1902 Birthday Strom Thurmond, born in Edgefield, South Carolina, Senator-R-South Carolina 1956 - 2003, Governor South Carolina 1947 - 1951 1902 Birthday Stanley Coen, cricketer, South African batsman in two Tests 1927-28 1902 Event Commencement of 1st Test Cricket between South Africa and Australia 1902 Event Zulu assault at Holkrantz South Africa 1902 Event Battle at Rooiwal, South Africa 1902 Death ... Potgieter, South African Boer general, dies in battle 1902 Birthday Flora Robson, born in South Shields, England, actress, Dominique is Dead 1902 Death Gideon Scheepers, South Africa Boer leader, executed 1902 Birthday Buster Nupen, cricketer, 1-eyed South African quick, great on matting 1901 Birthday [Ignatius] Roy [D] Campbell, South African poet, Flowering Rifle 1901 Birthday Hendrik F. Verwoerd, premier South Africa, 1958-66, assassinated 1901 Birthday Ernest Lawrence, born in Canton, South Dakota, inventor of the cyclotron, Nobel Prize in Physics 1939 1901 Death Marthinus Wessels Pretorius, 1st President Rep South Africa, dies at 81 1901 Event NSW score 918 all out vs South Australia in 560 minutes 1901 Birthday Ngo Dinh Diem, president/dictator of South Vietnam, 1955-63 1900 Birthday Barton Maclane, Columbia, South Carolina, actor, General Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie 1900 Event South African president Paul Kruger arrives in Germany 1900 Event South African president Paul Kruger visits Flanders 1900 Event Lord Kitchener succeeds lord Roberts up as supreme commander in South Africa 1900 Birthday Jobyna Ralston, South Pittsburgh, Tennessee, actress, For Heaven's Sake 1900 Event South African President Paul Kruger departs for Europe 1900 Event 20.3 cm rainfall at Elk Point, South Dakota (state record) 1900 Event British General Buller occupies Lydenburg South Africa 1900 Event British annex Natal (South Africa) 1900 Event Last 2000 British prisoners in Nooitgedagt South Africa freed 1900 Birthday Bob Catterall, cricketer, dashing South African batsman of 20's 1900 Birthday Izak D du Plessis, South African writer and director, 3rd World 1900 Birthday Ian Hunter, born in Capetown South Africa, actor, Dr. Blood's Coffin, White Unicorn 1900 Event British army occupiers Pretoria South Africa 1900 Event Lord Roberts' army fights the Vaal in South Africa 1900 Event British troops under Ian Hamilton attack the Vaal in South Africa 1900 Death Comte de Villebois-Marevil, French/South African general, dies in battle 1900 Death Pieter J Joubert [Smart Piet], South African general, dies at 69 1900 Event Battle at Driefontein, South Africa (Boers vs. British army) 1900 Event Battle at Poplar Grove South Africa, President Kruger flees 1900 Event Boer General Cronje surrenders to English in Pardenberg, South Africa 1900 Event Battle at Hart's Hill, South Africa (Boers vs British army) 1900 Event Battle at Wynne's Hill, South Africa (Boers vs British army) 1900 Death George Labram, U.S. mine engineer in South Africa, dies in battle 1900 Event Battle at Vaalkrans, South Africa (Boers vs British army) 1900 Event Battle at Tugela-Spionkop, South Africa (Boers vs British army) 1899 Event Field Marshal Lord Roberts departs Southampton to South Africa 1899 Event Southampton: field marshal lord Roberts departures to South Africa 1899 Event Field Marshal Lord Roberts appointed British supreme commander in South Africa 1899 Event Battle at Colenso, South Africa (Boers-British army) 1899 Event British "Black Week" due to nederlagen in South Africa 1899 Event Battle at Storm Berge South Africa - Boers vs British army 1899 Birthday Harry Buller Siege Willis, son of South Africa boer in Ladysmith 1899 Death Adrian the la Rey, son of South African general, dies in battle at 19 1899 Event Battle at Rietfontein, South Africa: Boers vs British army 1899 Event British troops flee Dundee, Natal South Africa 1899 Event Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill departs to South Africa 1899 Event 7000 lay-offs black mine workers of South Africa reach Natal 1899 Event South Africa Boer Republic declares war on England 1899 Event South African Boers declare war on Great Britain 1899 Birthday A L "Oosh" Ochse, cricketer, no relation to A E South African fast bowler 1899 Event 1st British troops reaches Durban South Africa 1899 Event South Africa President Kruger routes British authorities ultimatum 1899 Birthday Billy Butlin, South Africa, holiday camp promoter, 1899 Event 1st British troops leave Bombay for South Africa 1899 Event British government sends an additional 10,000 troops to Natal South Africa 1899 Event South Africa all out 35 vs England (Trott 4-19, Haigh 6-11) 1899 Birthday William Brann, cricketer, South African batsman vs. England 1922-23 1899 Event Pelham Warner scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (England vs. South Africa Johannesburg) 1898 Birthday Johannes J Fouche, president South Africa 1898 Event U.S. Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota opens 1898 Birthday Theophilus E. Donges, South African minister of Internal Affairs 1897 Birthday Jacobus Petrus Duminy, cricketer, three Tests for South Africa 1927-29 1897 Death Hercules Robinson, South Africa Commissioner (1880-89,1895-97), dies at 72 1897 Birthday Cyril "Froggy" Francois, cricketer, South Africa all-rounder vs. England 1922 - 1923 1897 Birthday Izak W van der Merwe, Boerneef, South Africa writer, Tweetalige Woordeboek 1897 Birthday Dalton Parry Conyngham, cricketer, one Test South Africa vs. England 1923 1896 Event U.S. Assay Office in Deadwood South Dakota authorized 1896 Birthday Gary Davis, born in Laurens, South Carolina, blues/folk guitarist, A Little More Faith 1896 Event George Lohmann takes 9-28 vs. South Africa at Johannesburg 1896 Event Victoria all out for 43 vs South Australia, Jones 6-15 Jarvis 4-27 1896 Event George Lohmann takes a hat-trick vs. South Africa, 8-7 for inning 1896 Event South Africa all out for 30 vs. England - their lowest ever 1896 Birthday Harold Hoffman, South Amboy, New Jersey, Governor of New Jersey 1896 Birthday Manuel Rojas Sepulveda, Chile, writer, Men of the South 1896 Event Battle at Doornkop, South Africa (Boers beat Dr. Jamesons troops) 1895 Event George Washington Murray elected to Congress from South Carolina 1895 Birthday Benjamin E Mays, South Carolina, black educator, Morehouse, Howard University 1895 Birthday H G "Nummy" Deane, South African cricket Test captain, 1927-31 1895 Event Delagoa Bay Railway opens in South Africa 1895 Death Victor J van Hinsbergh, South Netherlands engraver (PTT-stempels), dies at 70 1895 Birthday Anita Stewart, New York, actress, South of Hell Mountain 1895 Birthday Izak Buys, cricketer, one Test for South Africa 1922, 0 and 4*, 0-52 1894 Birthday Cecil Kellaway, South Africa, actor, Mr Earnshaw-Wuthering Heights 1894 Birthday Jackie "Moms" Mabley, born in Brevard, South Carolina, comedienne, Merv Griffin Show 1893 Birthday J M Blankenberg, cricketer, 60 wkts in 18 Tests for South Africa 1893 Birthday Jimmy Blanckenberg, cricket pace bowler, took 60 wickets for South Africa 1893 Birthday John Miljan, Lead City, South Dakota, actor, Possessed, Final Extra, Susan Lenox 1893 Birthday John G Strijdom, premier of South Africa, 1954-58 1892 Birthday Basil Rathbone, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, actor, Sherlock Holmes 1892 Birthday Ezio Pinza, Rome, Italy, bass singer, South Pacific, RCA Victor Show 1892 Event 3 brothers Hearne play in same Test Cricket England vs. South Africa (Cape Town) 1892 Death Monty Bowden, cricket captain (England vs. South Africa 1889), dies at 26 1892 Death Henry Walter Bates, naturalist/explorer (South America), dies 1891 Birthday John P Strijbos, Dutch writer, Wandering through South Africa 1891 Birthday Cecil Dixon, cricket off-spinner, 1 Test for South Africa, 3-118, pair 1890 Event U.S. 7th Cavalry massacre about 300 captive Sioux at Wounded Knee, South Dakota 1890 Birthday Horace Chapman, cricketer, leg-spin all-rounder for South Africa in 2 Tests 1890 Event 1st NSW vs. South Australia 1st-class cricket game 1889 Event North Dakota becomes 39th and South Dakota becomes 40th state 1889 Event North and South Dakota entered the union as the 39th and 40th states 1889 Birthday Cecil Weston, South Africa, actor, Dude Ranch, Huckleberry Finn 1889 Birthday Herbie Taylor, cricketer, prolific South African pre- and post-WWI 1889 Event Bernard Tancred carries bat for 26* out of 47! South Africa vs. England 1889 Event Johnny Briggs took 15-26 (7-17 and 8-11) vs. South Africa at Newlands 1889 Event South Africa all out 47, then follow-on all out 43 vs. England 1889 Event Start of South Africa's 1st Test, vs. England, Port Elizabeth 1887 Birthday John van Melle, South African writer, Dawid Booysen 1886 Birthday Jacob Pierneef, South Africa, painter 1886 Birthday Joe Cox, cricketer, South African pace bowler in 1913-14 series vs. England 1885 Birthday Esther Dale, Beaufort, South Carolina, actress, Unfinished Business 1885 Birthday Sydney Chaplin, born in South Africa, actor, Limelight 1884 Birthday C "Ormy" C Pearse, cricketer, 3 Tests for South Africa in Australia 1910-11 1884 Event 1st known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard, South Dakota 1884 Death Arnoldus Pannevis, South African shipping agent/linguist, dies at 46 1884 Event Tornadoes in Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana kill 800 people 1884 Birthday Rolland Beaumont, cricketer, South African batsman in 5 tests 1912-14 1883 Birthday Harold Baumgartner, cricketer, one Test South Africa vs. England 1913 1883 Birthday J M M "Mick" Commaille, cricketer, dual South African cricket/soccer rep 1882 Event Hatfields of south WV and McCoys of east Kentucky feud, 100 wounded or die 1882 Birthday Douglas Mawson, born in Yorkshire, England, Antarctic explorer, geologist, member, Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod expedition, among first to reach South Magnetic Pole 1882 Birthday Thomas Campbell, South African cricket wicketkeeper, 5 Tests 1909-12 1881 Birthday Aubrey Faulkner, cricketer, great South Africa all-rounder early 20th cent 1881 Birthday Claude Carter, South African slow lefty cricketer, 1912-22 1881 Event Natural History Museum of South Kensington England opens 1881 Birthday Balthazar H. Verhagen, Netherlands/South African dramatist and writer 1881 Event South African president Kruger accepts ceasefire 1881 Event Battle at Amajuba, South Africa: Boers vs. British army under General Colley 1880 Birthday Christian DFL Leipoldt, South african physician/writer/poet 1880 Event Republic of South Africa forms 1880 Event 5,000 armed Boers gather in Paardekraal South Africa 1880 Birthday Percy Sherwell, cricketer, great South African batsman-keeper-captain 1879 Event Battle at Lydenburg South Africa: General Wolseley beats Sekhukhenes Pedi-Zulu 1879 Birthday J J Kotze, South African cricket fast bowler, 1902-07 1879 Event Zulus attack British Army camp in Isandhlwana South Africa 1879 Event Zulu war against British colonial rule in South Africa begins 1878 Birthday C M M Hathorn, cricketer, South African Test centurion in 1905-06 1878 Birthday A. W. "Dave" Nourse, cricketer, "Grand Old Man" of South African cricket 1877 Death Nathan Bedford Forrest, American Civil War, Confederate Army lieutenant general, cavalry leader, opposed Reconstruction era in the post-war South, dies in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 56 1877 Event Last federal occupying troops withdraw from south in New Orleans 1877 Event British annex Transvaal, in South Africa 1877 Event Federal troops withdrawn from Columbia, South Carolina 1877 Birthday Jacob D du Toit [Totius], South African poet/theologist 1876 Birthday Bert Vogler, cricketer, early South African googly bowler 1876 Event Race riot at Cainhoy South Carolina (5 whites and 1 black killed) 1876 Birthday C B "Buck" Llewellyn, cricketer, South Africa lefty all-rounder 1896-1912 1876 Event Black landowner murdered in Hamburg, South Carolina 1876 Event White terrorists attack Black Republicans in Hamburg, South Carolina, killing 5 1876 Birthday Robert Dower, cricketer, 1 Test South Africa vs. England 1898, scored 0 and 9 1876 Birthday Murray Bisset, cricketer, South African wicket-keeper 1899 and 1910 1875 Birthday Mary McLeod Bethune, South Carolina, slave/educator, Bethune-Cookman College 1875 Birthday Reggie Schwartz, cricketer, 1st of great South African googlists 1874 Birthday Joseph Willoughby, cricketer, 2 Tests for South Africa 1895-96 1874 Birthday Daniel F Malan, premier of South Africa, 1948-54 1874 Birthday J H "Biddy" Anderson, cricketer, one Test South Africa vs. Australia 1902 1874 Birthday Count Alexander, of Athlone, Governor-General, South Africa/Canada 1872 Event World's largest gold nugget (215 kg) found in New South Wales 1872 Event John Henry Conyers of South Carolina becomes 1st black student at Annapolis 1872 Birthday Roald Amundsen, born in Norway, explorer, discovered South Pole 1872 Event Francis L Cardoza elected State Treasurer of South Carolina 1871 Event Great Britain annexes Griqualand South Africa 1870 Event James W Smith of South Carolina is 1st black to enter West Point 1869 Event University of South Carolina opens to all races 1868 Death B F Randolph, South Carolina state senator, assassinated 1868 Event 1st black cabinet member in South Carolina (Francis L Cardozo-sect of state) 1868 Event FL, AL, LA, GA, North Carolina and South Carolina readmitted to US 1868 Birthday Robert Falcon Scott, British leader of ill-fated south pole expedition 1868 Event South Carolina voters approved constitution, 70,758 to 27,228 1868 Birthday J F "Flooi" Du Toit, cricketer, one Test South Africa 1892 1868 Event South Carolina constitutional convention, meets with a black majority 1867 Event General E R S Canby orders South Carolina courts to impanel blacks jurors 1867 Event Blacks vote for 1st time in a state election in South 1867 Event Reconstruction of South begins, black voter registration 1867 Birthday Siegfried Passarge, German geographer, Cameroon, South Africa,America 1867 Event Peabody Fund forms to promote Black education in South 1866 Birthday James B. Hertzog, South African general/premier, 1914 - 1939 1866 Event President Johnson ends war in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia 1865 Birthday Monty Bowden, cricketer, England Test captain vs. South Africa at 23 1865 Birthday Godfrey Cripps, cricketer, one Test South Africa vs. England 1892, 18 and 3 1865 Event Army commander in South Carolina orders Freedmen's Bureau to stop seizing land 1865 Event Battle of Ft. Moultrie, South Carolina occupied by Federals 1865 Event Evacuation of Charleston, South Carolina; Sherman's troops burn city 1865 Event Battle of Charleston South Carolina 1865 Event Columbia South Carolina burns down during Civil War 1865 Event General Sherman's march through South Carolina begins 1864 Event Battle of Honey Hill South Carolina (Broad River) 96 dead/665 wounded 1864 Event Battle of Allatoona, 1/3 of Union troops die repulsing South 1864 Event Battle of Yellow Tavern, Virginia (Sheridan's Raid, South Anna Bridge) 1864 Event General Sherman begins his march to the South 1863 Event Abraham Lincoln announces plan for Reconstruction of South 1863 Event Confederate troops vacate Fort Wagner South Carolina (1700 casualties) 1863 Event Battle of Fort Wagner, South Carolina - Second assault US1500 CS174 1863 Event Northern Territory passes from New South Wales to South Australia 1863 Event South defeats North in Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia 1863 Event Battle of Charleston, South Carolina, failed Federal fleet attack on Fort Sumter 1863 Event 1st black Civil War regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, mustered into U.S. army 1862 Birthday Louis Botha, Greytown South Africa, 1st Prime Minister of South Africa, 1910 - 1919 1862 Event Battle at South Mountain: Union troops chases away Confederates 1862 Event Battle of Port Royal, South Carolina (Port Royal Ferry) 1862 Event Battle of Port Royal, South Carolina, Port Royal Ferry 1862 Birthday W H "Gobo" Ashley, cricketer, 7 wkts in 1 Test for South Africa 1889 1862 Event Battle of Ft. McRee, Florida Battle of Port Royal, South Carolina (Port Royal Ferry) 1861 Event Battle of Port Royal Bay, South Carolina (Ft. Walker, Ft. Beauregard) 1861 Event Naval Engagement at Charleston, South Carolina USS Flag vs BR Alert 1861 Event Battle of Vienna, Virginia and Secessionville, South Carolina, James Island 1861 Event Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with South 1861 Event Battle of Sewall's Point VA-1st Federal offense against South 1861 Event Fort Sumter, South Carolina is shelled by Confederacy, starting Civil War 1861 Event Confederate constitutional convention meets for 1st time in Montgomery, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina elect Jefferson Davis President of Confederacy 1861 Event South Carolina seizes inactive Ft. Johnson in Charleston Harbor 1860 Event South Carolina votes 169-0 for Ordinace of Secession, 1st state to secede 1860 Event Dem convention in Charleston South Carolina divided over slavery 1859 Event South Carolina declared an "independent commonwealth" 1859 Birthday Willem J. Leyds, Dutch/South Africa lawyer/politician/diplomat 1858 Birthday Frank Hearne, cricketer, bro of George and Alec, England and South Africa 1857 Event U.S. occupies Sand, Baker, Howland and Jarvis Is south of Hawaii 1857 Birthday A S C Wallis, Adele South Carolina von Antal-Opzoomer, Dutch writer 1856 Event Constitution of South Australia adopted 1856 Birthday Owen Dunell, cricketer, South Africa's 1st Test captain 1856 Event Violence in Senate, South Carolina Representative Brooks used a cane on Massachusetts Senator Sumner 1855 Birthday Olive Schreiner, South African writer, Portrait of a South African Woman 1854 Birthday Christiaan R de Wet, South Africa, Boer General, Nicholsonsnek 1854 Birthday Christiaan Rudolf de Wet, South African Politician 1854 Event British recognize independence of Orange Free State (South Africa) 1853 Birthday Leander Starr Jameson, Prime Minister of South African Cape colony 1852 Death Andries H Potgieter, South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59 1852 Event British frigate Birkenhead sinks off South Africa-458 die 1852 Event British recognize independence of Transvaal (in South Africa) 1850 Death Jose Francisco de San Martin, South American revolutionary hero, dies 1850 Event John Wisden bowls all 10 South batsmen, North vs. South at Lord's 1848 Death Adam FJA van Duyn, governor of South Holland, dies at 77 1847 Birthday Jacobus Herculas [Uncle Koos] de la Rey, South African politician 1847 Birthday Stephanus J du Toit, South Africa theologist/journalist, Afr Bond 1847 Birthday Jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer, South America 1843 Event Natal (in South Africa) is made a British colony 1843 Event An alligator falls from sky during a Charleston South Carolina thunderstorm 1839 Birthday Henry Clarence Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet, Bell Birds 1839 Birthday Robert Smalls, born in Beaufort, South Carolina, black congressman 1875-87, Rep-SC 1838 Event Boers beat Zulu chieftain Dingaan in South Africa 1838 Event Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) 1st graduating class 1838 Event Wilkes' expedition to South Pole sails 1838 Death Pieter L Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull), murdered at 40 1838 Birthday Arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist 1838 Event 1st official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide 1836 Event Adelaide, South Australia founded 1836 Death Theodore Dotrenge, South Netherland orangist, dies at about 74 1833 Event Britain seizes control of Falkland Islands in South Atlantic 1832 Event South Carolina passes Ordinance of Nullification 1831 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin depart England for South America 1831 Birthday Pieter J Joubert, general, South Africa 1830 Death Simon Bolivar, South American freedom fighter/"dictator", dies 1828 Event South Carolina declares right of states to nullify federal laws 1828 Death Shaka, South African Zulu king, dies 1826 Event Netherland's South Willems Port (Bosch-Luik) opens 1826 Event General Congress of South American States assembles at Panama 1825 Birthday Paulus Kruger, President of South African Republic, 1883, Boer leader 1824 Birthday Hercules Robinson, Ire, South Africa Commissioner, 1880-89, 1895-97 1824 Birthday Victor J van Hinsbergh, South Netherlands engraver, PTT Stempels 1824 Event Russia abandons all North American claims south of 54 degrees 40' N 1823 Event President Monroe appoints 1st U.S. ambassadors to South America 1822 Birthday Charles S Crocker, President of Central and South Pacific Railroad 1822 Death Denmark Vesey, and 5 aides hanged at Blake's Landing, Charleston, South Carolina 1822 Event Denmark Vesey, leads slave rebellion in South Carolina 1821 Birthday Nathan Bedford Forrest, born in Chapel Hill, Tennessee, American Civil War, Confederate Army lieutenant general, cavalry leader, opposed Reconstruction era in the post-war South 1819 Birthday Marthinus Wessels Pretorius, 1st president, Republic South Africa 1818 Birthday Wade Hampton, born in South Carolina, Lieutenant General Confederate Army 1813 Birthday James Marion Sims, South Carolina, surgeon/gynecologist, vesicovaginal operation 1811 Event Venezuela, 1st South American country to gain independence from Spain 1797 Birthday Pieter L Uys, South African pioneer, Great Pull 1795 Event British capture Capetown South Africa 1795 Birthday George Peabody, South Danvers Massachusetts, merchant/philanthropist 1790 Event Territory South of River Ohio created by Congress 1788 Event South Carolina becomes 8th state to ratify U.S. constitution 1788 Event Captain Arthur Phillip hoists English flag on Port Jackson, New South Wales 1784 Death Johan B Straub, South German sculptor, dies 1784 Event Only known deaths by hailstones in U.S. in Winnsborough, South Carolina 1784 Death Patrice F earl de Neny, South Netherlands Secret Council chairman, dies at 67 1783 Death Pieter Valck(x), South Netherlands sculptor, dies at 49 1782 Event Charleston, South Carolina evacuated by British 1782 Birthday John Caldwell Calhoun, South Carolina, Andrew Jackson's Vice President, 1825 - 1832 1781 Event George Washington begins to move his troops south to fight Cornwallis 1780 Death Charles Alexander, Duke of Lotharingen South Netherlands, dies at 67 1780 Event British troops occupy Charleston, South Carolina 1780 Event Charleston, South Carolina falls to British (Revolutionary War) 1778 Event Articles of Confederation ratified by 1st state, South Carolina 1776 Event Captain Cook begins 3rd and last trip to Pacific (South Sea) 1776 Event Charleston, South Carolina repulses British sea attack 1772 Event Captain James Cook begins 2nd trip (Resolution) to South Seas 1771 Birthday Adam FJA van der Duyn, Dutch governor, South Holland 1770 Event Captain Cook arrives in New South Wales 1767 Birthday Andreas Hofer, South Tirol, military leader, fought Napoleon's France 1760 Birthday Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael, South Netherlands earl/general 1758 Birthday Edouard viscount de Walckiers, South Netherland banker/politician 1756 Event Governor Glen of South Carolina protests against 900 Acadia indians 1735 Event 1st opera performed in America, "Flora," in Charleston, South Carolina 1734 Event 1st Jockey Club forms in South Carolina 1732 Event 21 homosexuality burned in South Horn 1723 Death Claude F Tserclaes, South Netherlands earl of Tilly, dies at 74 1721 Event South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony 1716 Birthday Patrice F earl De Neny, South Netherlands chairman of Secret Council 1715 Event Uprising of Yamasse-indians in South Carolina 1707 Death Michiel de Swaen, South Netherlands physician/poet, dies at 53 1697 Event Willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land" 1695 Event King Willem III escapes South Netherlands, back to England 1692 Event King Maximilian installed as land guardian of South Netherlands 1679 Birthday Thomas-Philippe d'alsace et de Boussu, South Netherland cardinal 1677 Birthday Jacob Campo Weyerman, South Netherlands adventurer/painter/writer 1669 Death Arnold Geulincx, South Netherlands philosopher (Cholera), dies at 45 1669 Death Pieter Cuypers, South Netherlands lawyer, dies at 48 1668 Death Antoon Anselmo, South Netherlands lawyer, dies at about 79 1655 Death Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer, dies at 81 1654 Birthday Michiel de Swaen, South Netherland physician/poet 1652 Event Dutch establish settlement at Cape Town, South Africa 1652 Event Cape Colony, the 1st European settlement in South Africa, established 1651 Event South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm 1649 Death Ferdinand van Boisschot, South Netherlands diplomat, dies at about 89 1642 Event Christiaan Huygens discovers Martian south polar cap 1641 Event Don Francisco de Mello appointed land guardian of South Netherlands 1624 Birthday Arnold Geulincx, South Netherland, philosopher, About Virtue 1598 Death Abraham Ortelius, Ortels/Hortels, South Netherlands geographer, dies at 71 1584 Death John van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71 1580 Death Gaspar Schetz, South Netherlands, minster of chief treasurer, dies at 67 1573 Event Battle of South Seas - Dutch rebels beat Spanish navy 1573 Birthday Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer 1569 Death Pieter Bruegel, South Netherlands painter, dies at about 44 1569 Event King Philip II forms inquistion in South America 1556 Death Lieven van der Maude, Ammonius, South Netherlands poet, dies at 70 1551 Birthday Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Netherlands lawyer/historian/theologist 1532 Event Zealand/South Holland flooded 1527 Birthday Abraham Ortelius, Ortels/Hortels, born in South Netherlands, geographer 1519 Event Pizarro receives royal charter for South American west coast 1485 Birthday Lieven van der Maude [Ammonius], born in South Netherland, poet 1444 Death Robert Campin, South Netherlands painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65 1360 Event France invasion army lands on English south coast, conquers Winchel 1322 Birthday Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian 1311 Event General Malik Kafur returns to Delhi after campaign in South India 1298 Death Petrus Johannis Olivi, South France theologist, dies 1217 Event Battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France
