On This Day in South Africa: What happened on 20 November?
Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 20 November, throughout world and South African history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.
ON THIS DAY: 20 NOVEMBER
2005 | A Pretoria biker was caught doing 284 km/h on his Suzuki on the R59.
1964 | The trial of members of the South African Communist Party began.
1998 | A court in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan declared the accused terrorist Osama bin Laden “a man without sin” in connection with the bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998.
2015 | Following a hostage siege, at least 19 people were killed in Bamako, Mali.
2003 | After the November 15 bombings, the second day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings occurred in Istanbul, Turkey, destroying the Turkish headquarters of HSBC Bank AS and the British consulate.
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BIRTHDAYS
1970 | South African actress, presenter, producer and writer, Natasha Kate Sutherland.
1968 | South African politician, Des van Rooyen.
1961 | French pastry chef and chocolatier, Pierre Hermé.
1942 | American singer-songwriter and guitarist, Norman Greenbaum.
1995 | Belgian footballer, Théo Bongonda.
ON THIS DAY: DEATHS
2000 | Finnish author, Kalle Päätalo, 81.
2007 | NASA manager, Kenneth S. Kleinknecht, 88.
1950 | Italian composer, Francesco Cilea, 84.
2016 | Irish novelist, playwright, and short story writer, William Trevor, 88.
1940 | Canadian footballer, Robert Lane, 58.
SPORTS
2022 | The 2022 World Cup begins in Qatar today, the opening game is a group A match between Qatar vs Ecuador.
ENTERTAINMENT
2004 | On this day in Japan, “Howl’s Moving Castle” was released for the first time.
AFRICA FACT
2022 | In The World Cup, the African continent is represented by 5 nations which are Morocco, Ghana, Tunisia, Cameroon and Senegal.
