1982 Event Kepler Wessels scores century in 1st Test Cricket (162 vs. England) 1961 Birthday Roger Wessels, born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, golfer, 1994 Canadian Masters 1946 Birthday Leon Wessels, South Africa lawyer/underminister of Law and Order 1901 Death Marthinus Wessels Pretorius, 1st President Rep South Africa, dies at 81 1819 Birthday Marthinus Wessels Pretorius, 1st president, Republic South Africa
