On This Day in South Africa: What happened on 21 October?

We look back on this day in world and South African history, remembering the people and events that shaped the world we live in today.

Oct 21, 2022 - 08:43
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On This Day in South Africa: What happened on 21 October?

Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 21 October, throughout world and South African history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.

ON THIS DAY: 21 OCTOBER

2014 | South African Paralympic Oscar Pistorious was on trial for the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp and was sentenced to a maximum of 5 years for culpable homicide.

1969 | Somalian General Siad Barre staged a military coup against the government the day after the death of the then president of Somalia, Abdirashid Ali Shermarke.

1948 | The United Nations rejected the Russian proposal to destroy atomic weapons.

1993 | A military coup in Burundi that was led by former President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza failed.

1944 | US troops captured Aachen, the first large German city to fall during World War II.

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BIRTHDAYS 

1982 | South African actor, Thapelo Mokoena.

1980 | American television personality and entrepreneur, Kim Kardashian. 

1918 | South African anti-apertheid activist, Albertina Sisulu.

1949 | Israeli politician and former Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. 

1956 | American actress, Carrie Fisher. 

ON THIS DAY: DEATHS 

2014 | Australian politician, Gough Whitlam, 98.

2012 | American politician, historian and author, George McGovern,90.

2003 | American singer-songwriter and guitarist, Elliott Smith, 34.

1969 | American author and poet, Jack Kerouac, 47.

2016 | English fashion designer, Richard Nicoll, 39

SPORTS

2021 | On this day, The NBA announced their official top-75 players of all time for the league’s 75th anniversary including the likes of Michael Jordan, LeBron James and 73 others.

ENTERTAINMENT

2004 | American guitarist Bo Diddley postponed his concert in California to have a toe amputated due to complications from diabetes.

AFRICA FACT

It is believed that Egypt’s large pyramids are the work of the old kingdom society that rose to prominence in the Nile Valley after 3000 B.C. Historical analysis also shows that the Egyptians built the Giza Pyramids in a span of 85 years between 2589 and 2504 BC.

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