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- 1619 Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch colonial administrator and first commander of the colony at the Cape of Good Hope, is born
- 1897 Alfred Milner becomes High Commissioner and Governor of the Cape Province
- 1937 Benjamin Mzimkulu Macala, SA artist, is born
- 1959 Manne Dipico, former Premier of the Northern Cape is born in Kimberley
- 1980 Indian students join the Coloured schools boycott
- 1982 New Group Areas Amendment Bill excludes sports
- 2005 Bavumile Vilakazi dies
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