HIGHLIGHTS IN SA HISTORY

OCTOBER 17

Today is the 290th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 75 days till the end of the year.

◆ 1887 The Star is published in

Johannesburg

◆ 1945 Graça Machel is born

◆ 1961 ANC leader Walter Sisulu is arrested for not being in possession of a reference book

◆ 1983 SA Defence Force (SADF) commandos bomb the ANC office in Maputo, Mozambique, and injure five people

◆ 1991 18 political prisoners released from Bophuthatswana

Source: SA History Online, Wikipedia