ON THIS DAY IN SA HISTORY

NOVEMBER 9

Today is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 52 days remain until the end of the year

◆ 1927 Carel Boshoff, former chairman of the Afrikaner Broederbond, born

◆ 1952 Police fire on African demonstrators in Kimberley, killing 14 and wounding 39. White farmers from adjoining areas drive to Kimberley and demand guns; and riots erupt in East London, Eastern Cape

◆ 1962 Minister reports 23 acts of sabotage in SA

◆ 1977 Swazi prime minister says his government will not allow Swaziland to be used as a base for guerrilla attacks against SA

◆ 1987 In a letter to the UN Centre Against Apartheid, singer Frank Sinatra promises not to visit SA until apartheid abolished

◆ 1988 Mpho Mathibela, one of the Siamese twins separated in an operation six months earlier, leaves hospital for the first time

◆ 1989 Restriction order on ANC leader Govan Mbeki lifted

◆ 1990 ANC deputy president Nelson Mandela returns to SA after a 4-week tour, urging leaders in the Far East to maintain sanctions until more progress is made in dismantling of apartheid

◆ 1992 NP secretary-general Stoffel van der Merwe resigns

◆ 1993 Brigadier Oupa Qqozo, military leader of Ciskei homeland, goes on trial in the Ciskei Supreme Court for murder or incitement to murder, relating to the killing of Lieutenant Charles Sebe during a coup attempt in January 1991

◆ 2004 President Thabo Mbeki and entourage arrive in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, to help find a solution to the political unrest in that country

◆ 2008 Miriam Makeba, celebrated SA singer, dies

Source: SA History Online, Wikipedia