On This Day in South Africa: What happened on 30 September?
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, 30 September, throughout world and South African history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.
ON THIS DAY: 30 SEPTEMBER
1975 | Winnie Mandela was released from the banning order and house arrest.
1963 | Tanganyika currently Tanzania formally ended all trade ties with South Africa.
2016 | Hurricane Matthew was a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest hurricane to hit the Caribbean sea since 2007.
2016 | Two paintings worth a total of $100 million were recovered after they were stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in 2002.
2005 | Controversial drawings of Muhammad were published in a Danish newspaper on this day.
2000 | Israeli-Palestinian conflict: 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah was shot dead on the second day of the Second Intifada.
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BIRTHDAYS
1963 | South African politician, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane.
1975 | Venezuelan baseball player, Carlos Guillén.
1946 | Australian cricketer and educator, Paul Sheahan.
1980 | Czechoslovakia-born Swiss tennis player, Martina Hingis.
1977 | Northern Irish goalkeeper and manager, Roy Carroll.
ON THIS DAY: DEATHS
2015 | French businessman, Claude Dauphin, 64.
1943 | German-American sociologist and economist, Franz Oppenheimer, 79.
1961 | Canadian scholar and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, Onésime Gagnon, 73.
1978 | American actor and ventriloquist, Edgar Bergen, 75.
1946 | Japanese general and politician, Governor of Hong Kong, Takashi Sakai, 59.
SPORTS
2004 | A fire virtually destroyed Wanderers Cricket Club on this day.
ENTERTAINMENT
1964 | Mozambican musician, Gito Baloi was born on this day and died on April 4, 2004.
AFRICA FACT
The largest film industry in Africa and the second largest in the world is “Nollywood” in Nigeria which produces more than 2 000 films every year.
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