Today was a day to remember.
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Society is like a stew. If you don’t stir it up every once in a while, then a layer of scum floats to the top. | Edward Abbey
The smallest bone in your body is in your ear.
1746: Death of St Patrick, Maewyn Succat, not Irish by birth, revered as Ireland’s patron saint. He had been taken to Ireland by pirates, escaped six years later, became a monk in France, and returned as a missionary.
1820: The first British settlers arrive in Table Bay aboard the ships Nautilus and Chapman.
1894: Pondo king Sigcau, son of Umquikela, agrees to become a British subject, placing Pondoland under the Crown.
1900: British troops relieve Mafeking, besieged by the Boers since October 13.
1901: At a Paris show, 71 paintings by Vincent van Gogh cause a sensation, 11 years after his death.
1905: Albert Einstein completes his scientific paper detailing his Quantum Theory of Light, a foundation of modern physics.
1948: Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and the UK sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to NATO.
1959: Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th and current Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.
1973: Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy depicts a former POW reunited with his family, symbolising the end of US involvement in the Vietnam War.
1990: Over 10,000 mourners gather in Katlehong township near Alberton to bury 14 victims of the taxi war.
1992: White South Africans vote in a referendum supporting reforms to end apartheid.
2019: Zimbabwe declares a state of emergency after Cyclone Idai kills 260 people.
2020: First confirmed local transmission cases of Covid-19 are announced in Gauteng (4), KwaZulu-Natal (3), and Western Cape (1).
2024: Rio de Janeiro records a heat index of 62.3ºC, factoring in humidity.
2026: March 17, like always, is St Patrick’s Day.
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