On This Day in South Africa: What happened on 19 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, 19 October, throughout world and South African history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.
ON THIS DAY: 19 OCTOBER
1987 | It was widely reported that British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher criticized the ANC, calling it a terrorist organization.
2005 | The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) did not pursue charges against Wouter Basson, a former South African Defense Force (SADF) chemical weapons specialist.
2012 | In a bomb explosion in Lebanon killed eight people and wounded 110 more.
2005 | Saddam Hussein was brought to court in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.
2005 | Hurricane Wilma was the strongest Atlantic hurricane on record with a low pressure of 882 mb.
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BIRTHDAYS
1991 | South African rugby union footballer, Faf de Klerk.
1943 | American author and poet, L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
1991 | South African political commentator, Malaika wa Azania
1979 | American trombonist, Brian Robertson.
1989 | Filipino model and television host, Janine Tugonon.
ON THIS DAY: DEATHS
1965 | American painter and educator, Edward Willis Redfield, 96.
1986 | Nigerian journalist, co-founded Newswatch Magazine, Dele Giwa, 39.
1952 | American ethnologist and photographer, Edward S. Curtis, 84.
2009 | American murderer, Howard Unruh, 88.
2014 | English saxophonist and composer, Raphael Ravenscroft, 60.
SPORTS
1933 | On this day, the Berlin Olympic Committee voted to introduce basketball in 1936.
ENTERTAINMENT
2012 | On this day “The First Time” was released in the United States for the first time. It was released for the first time in Israel on 14 February 2013.
AFRICA FACT
In 2020 during the coronavirus outbreak, Tunisia deployed a police robot to patrol the streets of the capital and enforce the coronavirus lockdown rules.
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