south africa
10th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1899 Fred Astaire (dancer & actor)
Died:
1977 Joan Crawford (actress)
On This Day:
1994 Nelson Mandela sworn in as South Africa’s first black president
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4th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1929 Audrey Hepburn (actress)
Died:
1975 Moe Howard (comedian – 3 Stooges)
On This Day:
1843 Britain annexes Natal (South African province)
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6th April – On This Day In History
Born:
1961 Rory Bremner (comedian and impressionist)
Died:
1199 Richard The Lionheart (Richard the First, King of England)
On This Day:
1652 The Cape Colony officially established by the Dutch East India Company, under Jan Van Riebeek
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5th April – On This Day In History
Born:
1837 Algernon Charles Swinburne (poet)
Died:
1976 Howard Hughes (billionaire and recluse)
On This Day:
1881 Transvaal Republic regains its independence (but under British suzerainty)
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23rd March – On This Day In History
Born:
1645 William Kidd (pirate)
Died:
2011 Elizabeth Taylor (actress)
On This Day:
1881 End of the First Anglo – Boer War (Peace Accord signed)
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18th March – On This Day In History
Born:
1932 FW de Klerk (South African President and joint Nobel Peace Prize Winner with Nelson Mandela)
Died:
1745 Robert Walpole (First British Prime Minister)
On This Day:
1920 Greece adopts the Gregorian Calendar
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9th March – On This Day In History
Born:
1951 Helen Zille (South African political leader)
Died:
2016 George Martin (record producer of The Beatles)
On This Day:
1834 The French Foreign Legion is founded
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