Date: 2 February, 1922

The Herschel School opens in Claremont, Cape Town. It is named after Sir John Frederick William Herschel, British astronomer and scholar, who stayed in South Africa from 1834-1838, and whose research marked the beginning of a new epoch in the astronomy of the Southern Hemisphere.  

References

• Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau
• Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 5, p. 502