Here’s a look at what happened On this day, January 189, throughout world and South African history. We remember the news, events and people that influenced the course of history forever.
ON THIS DAY: JANUARY 19
1973 | South African Prime Minister JB Vorster has pledged to fight terrorism and confirmed that there will be no prior consultation with his government on the closure of the Rhodesian border with Zambia.
1990 | Johannesburg police used force to break up demonstrations against South African Cricket Tour rebels.
2007 | The four-man N2i team, using only skis and kites, completed the 1,093-mile (1,759 km) journey to reach the inaccessible Antarctic pole for the first time since 1965 and for the first time without technical assistance.
1999 | British Aerospace agreed to acquire the defense subsidiary of General Electric Company plc, forming BAE Systems in November 1999.
nineteen ninety six | The North Cape barge oil spill occurred when an engine fire forced the Scandia tugboat to run aground on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
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BIRTHDAY
1978 | South African musician, Mduduzi Edmund Tshabalala.
1977 | South African actress and musician, Candice Hillebrand
1966 | Swedish singer-songwriter Lena Philipsson.
1972 | American wrestler and rapper, Ron Killings.
1993 | Mexican soccer player, Erick Torres Padilla.
ON THIS DAY: DEATHS
2004 | American lawyer and judge, Harry E. Claiborne, 87.
2006 | American actor, Anthony Franciosa, 78.
2002 | Brazilian soccer player and coach, Vavá, 68 years old.
2007 | Turkish-Armenian journalist and activist, Hrant Dink, 53.
1991 | Canadian biochemist and journalist, Marcel Chaput, 73.
SPORTS
1952 | Oldham Athletics’ Eric Gemmell scored seven goals that day in an 11–2 win over Chester at Boundary Park in a Football League Division 3 (North) match.
ENTERTAINMENT
1971 | At the Charles Manson murder trial, the Beatles Helter Skelter was played at the scene of one of his gruesome murders, the words “random” they were written on a mirror.
MADE FROM AFRICA
Mamzelle Fleuranda is the youngest photographer in the world from Cameroon at 9 years old.
