On This Day in South Africa: What happened on 15 October?
We look back on this day in world and South African history, remembering the people and events that shaped the world we live in today.
Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 15 October, throughout world and South African history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.
ON THIS DAY: 15 OCTOBER
1889 | Queen Victoria issued the charter for the formation of the British South Africa Company
1990 | The South African Parliament repealed the Separate Services Act of 1953
2016 | One hundred ninety-seven nations amended the Montreal Protocol to include the phase-out of hydrofluorocarbons on this day.
2008 | The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second percentage drop in Dow history.
2007 | Seventeen activists in New Zealand were arrested in the first attacks after 9/11 against terrorism in the country.
2005 | Organized neo-Nazi protests against African-American street gangs sparked riots in Toledo, Ohio. Twenty-nine people were arrested.
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BIRTHDAYS
1985 | South African television & radio personality and artist, Khanyi Mbau.
1991 | South African rugby union player, Cameron Lindsay.
1947 | Czech drummer, Jaroslav Erno Šedivý.
1988 | German footballer, Mesut ÿzil.
1972 | German-Congolese footballer and manager, Michél Mazingu-Dinzey.
ON THIS DAY: DEATHS
2012 | Cambodian politician, first Prime Minister of Cambodia, Norodom Sihanouk, 90.
2009 | Dutch-German footballer, Heinz Versteeg, 70.
2015 | Russian footballer and manager, Sergei Filippenkov, 44.
2008 | Turkish soldier and poet, Fazıl Hüsnü DaĿlarca, 94.
2010 | American photographer, Richard C. Miller, 98.
SPORTS
2021 | On this day in the League 1 match between Paris Saint Germain (PSG) and Angers, PSG won 2-1.
ENTERTAINMENT
2020 | “A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting” was released on this day, it was distributed by Netflix.
AFRICA FACT
Yoweri Museveni, becomes president of Uganda after ousting the military regime of General Tito Okello in 1986.
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