On This Day in South Africa: What happened on 18 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.

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On This Day in South Africa: What happened on 18 October?

Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 18 October, throughout world and South African history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.

ON THIS DAY: 18 OCTOBER

1985 | Black South African activist and poet Benjamin Moloise was hanged for allegedly killing a police officer

2011 | Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit of the Israel Defence Forces was released by Hamas as part of a prisoner exchange deal, after being held captive for more than five years.

2007 | A suicide attack on a motorcade carrying former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto killed 139 people and injured 450 others. Bhutto herself was unharmed.

2003 | President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada was forced into exile due to the Bolivian gas crisis.

1991 | The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopted a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.

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BIRTHDAYS

1969 | South African rugby union player, Japie Mulder.

1993 | South African rugby union footballer, Enoch Mnyaka.

1977 | Brazilian-American journalist, Flavia Colgan.

1939 | American football player, coach, and sportscaster, Mike Ditka.

1959 | Salvadoran politician, former President of El Salvador, Mauricio Funes.

ON THIS DAY: DEATHS

1988 | Ecuadorian dancer and choreographer, Frederick Ashton, 84.

1978 | Spanish journalist, assassin of Leon Trotsky, Ramón Mercader, 64.

2008 | American singer, Dee Dee Warwick, 63.

2013 | American sergeant and politician, Bill Young, 83.

1975 | American actor, Al Lettieri, 47.

SPORTS

2021 | On this day, the English Premier League match between Arsenal and Crystal Palace ended in a 2-2 draw.

ENTERTAINMENT

2019 | “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” was theatrically released On this day by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures in the United States.

AFRICA FACT

In the forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, south of the Congo River Wild bonobos are found there.

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