Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 26 October, throughout world and South African history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.
ON THIS DAY: 26 OCTOBER
1989 | Transkei announced plans to unban ANC and PAC.
1964 | UN special committee on policies of Apartheid appealed for assistance to families of apartheid victims.
1979 | South Korean President, Park Chung Hee was assassinated by his lifelong friend Kim Jae Kyu, the head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency.
1991 | PAC attended Patriotic Front Conference.
1976 | Paramount Chief, Botha Sigcau was appointed the first President of Transkei.
1958 | America’s first jet airliner, the Boeing 707 entered service for Pan American World Airways.
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BIRTHDAYS
1938 | South African former Judge, Richard Goldstone
1983 | South African rugby union player, Luke Watson
1973 | American actor and producer, Seth MacFarlane
1947 | American politician, Hillary Clinton
1967 | Australian singer, Keith Urban
ON THIS DAY: DEATHS
1952 | American actress, Hattie McDaniel, 59.
1944 | Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom,87.
2014 | Dominican-Canadian baseball player, Oscar Taveras, 22
1984 | American actress, Sue Randall, 49
SPORTS
1970 | American boxer Muhammad Ali returned to the ring after three years of absence and defeated Jerry Quarry. Ali was banned from boxing after he refused to be inducted into the U.S Army during the Vietnam War.
ENTERTAINMENT
1984 | On this day, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s action thriller, The Terminator was released in the United states and became hugely successful all over the world.
AFRICA FACT
Despite the well known disparities between Africa and Europe, at their closest point the two continents are less than nine miles apart at the Gibraltar strait between Morocco and Spain.
By Khamisi
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