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1	8.9.1771	Birthday	Mungo Park, Scottish born explorer of Africa
2	10.9.1771	Birthday	Mungo Park, Scottish born explorer of Africa
3	22.8.1788	Event	The British created the settlement of Sierra Leone, Africa, for freed slaves
4	27.9.1862	Birthday	Louis Botha, South African politician; PM of Transvaal
5	23.7.1864	Event	Dr Livingstone, the African missionary, returned to England
6	6.11.1869	Event	Diamonds were discovered at Kimberley, South Africa
7	22.1.1879	Event	British troops were massacred by the Zulus at Isandhlwana, South Africa
8	16.4.1883	Event	Paul Kruger became the new President of South Africa
9	17.10.1885	Birthday	Baroness Karen Blixen, Danish author who wrote 'Out of Africa'
10	8.9.1886	Event	The city of Johannesburg, South Africa, was founded
11	31.5.1902	Event	The Boer war, in South Africa, ended
12	26.1.1905	Event	The world's largest diamond was found near Pretoria, South Africa
13	25.5.1910	Event	French troops occupied Morocco, North Africa
14	12.1.1916	Birthday	P.W Botha, South African politician
15	7.11.1917	Birthday	Helen Suzman, South African politician and anti-apartheid campaigner
16	20.11.1917	Birthday	Bobby Locke, South African golfer who won the British open four times
17	18.7.1918	Birthday	Nelson Mandella, South African President
18	31.8.1919	Event	General Jan Smuts became South African Prime Minister, succeeding Louis Botha
19	22.10.1919	Birthday	Doris Lessing, Author noted for African and interests
20	21.10.1927	Birthday	Nadia Narina, South African born, prima ballerina
21	7.10.1931	Birthday	Rev Desmond Tutu, South african human rights campaigner
22	1.11.1935	Birthday	Gary Player, South African golfer
23	22.1.1941	Event	Tobruk, North Africa, was captured by Australian troops
24	15.6.1942	Event	The tank war between Britain & Germany reached its peak in North Africa
25	4.11.1942	Event	The Battle of El Alamein ended with victory for the allies, after 12 days of conflict with Rommel's 'Africa Corps'
26	7.5.1943	Event	Tunis, in North Africa, was captured by WW2 Allied forces
27	6.10.1946	Birthday	Tony Greig, South African born, & former England cricket captain
28	29.1.1950	Birthday	Jody Sheckter, South African born racing World Champion
29	13.6.1950	Event	The White assembly decided to split South Africa into white & black areas
30	25.7.1957	Event	Tunisia, North Africa, became an independent republic
31	17.1.1959	Event	The African country of Mali was formed with the joining of Senegal & French Sudan
32	11.8.1960	Event	The African country of Chad gained its independence from France
33	20.4.1961	Event	There was a revolt in the South African country of Angola
34	27.4.1961	Event	Sierra Leone, in Africa, became an independent republic
35	31.5.1961	Event	South Africa became an independent republic
36	22.10.1962	Event	Nelson Mandella went on trial for treason in South Africa
37	7.8.1963	Event	The UN Security Council banned the sale of arms to South Africa
38	14.6.1964	Event	Nelson Mandella was sentenced to life imprisonment in South Africa
39	18.8.1964	Event	South Africa was banned from taking part in the Olympic Games
40	7.6.1965	Event	The Monarchy was restored in Morocco, North Africa
41	31.1.1966	Event	Britain banned all trade with Rhodesia, Africa
42	3.10.1966	Event	Basutoland became the independent Lesotho, South Africa
43	3.12.1967	Event	In South Africa, Dr Christian Barnard performed the first ever heart transplant operation, on Louis Washansky
44	6.7.1970	Event	The government resumed arms sales to South Africa
45	13.1.1972	Event	The military staged a coup in the African country of Ghana
46	29.7.1975	Event	The military staged a coup in Nigeria, Africa
47	16.6.1976	Event	Race riots in South Africa left six people dead
48	8.6.1980	Event	A Report predicted that 20 million Africans were threatened by famine and war
49	10.5.1983	Event	Natal, in South Africa, became self governing
50	14.8.1983	Event	French troops were deployed in the African country of Chad
51	21.8.1984	Event	There were widespread arrests on the eve of South African coloured elections
52	13.7.1985	Event	The Live Aid concerts were held to raise money for famine victims in Africa
53	21.7.1985	Event	The South African government declared a State of Emergency
54	24.7.1985	Event	France led an international campaign for sanctions against South Africa
55	8.8.1985	Event	South African government assumed further powers to deal with unrest
56	18.4.1986	Event	The 'Pass Laws' in South Africa were abolished
57	25.5.1986	Event	Sport Aid, helping to raise money for the starving in Africa, took place
58	5.6.1986	Event	A UN report estimated that 50,000 africans had AIDS
59	4.7.1986	Event	Miners in the South African diamond mines went on strike
60	7.7.1986	Event	The South African banning order on Winnie Mandella was lifted
61	13.8.1986	Event	South Africa stated its pledge to maintain segregated schools & residential areas
62	9.3.1987	Event	Bobby Locke, the well known South African golfer, died
63	6.5.1987	Event	Black South African workers went on strike over whites only election
64	29.10.1989	Event	The African National Congress(ANC),held its first political rally for almost thirty years,attended by 70,000 supporters
65	16.11.1989	Event	The South African government opened up its previously segregated beaches to all races
66	19.7.1991	Event	The South African government admitted funding the Zulus to undermine the ANC
67	14.9.1992	Event	UN troops landed in Somalia, Africa, to stabalise the country & provide aid
68	23.9.1993	Event	A South African Bill granted blacks a legal say in affairs of state for the first time
69	24.9.1993	Event	America & the Commonwealth lifted trade sanctions against South Africa
70	10.5.1994	Event	Nelson Mandella was sworn in as the president of South Africa
71	31.5.1994	Event	South Africa rejoined the Commonwealth
72	20.3.1995	Event	The Queen began a visit to South Africa, the first royal visit since the end of apartheid