This Day in History: The Castle of Good Hope to Modern Air Disasters and The World's Most Famous Streaker — Key Moments That Shaped the World
With a Bobby's helmet strategically positioned, streaker Erika Roe is escorted from the pitch, along with her friend, Sarah Bennett, who is covered up with the same flag that was initially used to shield Roe's breasts, lest they cause offense.
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1666 The four cornerstones of the castle (Kasteel de Goede Hoop) at the Cape are laid.
1837 Voortrekker leaders Andries Hendrik Potgieter and Gerrit (Gert) Maritz, each with his own men, leave for Western Transvaal to punish Mzilikazi for the Ndebele attack on the Voortrekkers at Vechtkop (Vegkop).
1896 Sir Leander Starr Jameson and about 500 Rhodesian police surrender to Boers at Doornkop, near Krugersdorp, after the failure of the Jameson Raid.
1984 South African wunderkind, cricketer Darryl Cullinan, 16, scores the first of many first-class centuries.
1988 Guerrillas ambush a train in Mozambique, killing at least 22 people.
1995 The most distant galaxy is found by scientists in Hawaii. It is about 15 billion light years away.
2014 Thirty people die when a bus plunges off a cliff and falls 400ft in Malshej Ghat, India.
2018 A bus crash in Pasamayo, Peru, kills 51 on the treacherous “Devil’s Curve” road.
2018 The WHO reveals it will classify gaming addiction as mental health condition in its next Classification of Diseases.
2023 Two helicopters collide in midair while flying over Australia's Gold Coast, Australia, killing four and injuring eight.
2024 Japan Airlines Flight 516 crashes into Coast Guard plane and burns during landing at Haneda airport in Tokyo; all 379 passengers and crew on board the JAL Airbus evacuate safely, 5 of the 6 Coast Guard members are killed.
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