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Madiba is born and ties the knot 80 years later

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On this day: Iconic and influential writer Ernest Hemmingway, author of The Old Man and The Sea, shoots himself

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On this day, June 27: Well-known Cape anti-Apartheid musician David Kramer is born, Anne White rebels and shocks Wimbledon ...

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Protestors storm parliament, and serial-offender Luis Suárez bites again, some of the historical moments on this day

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Check out this calculation a young human computer did, and the OceanGate Titan disaster

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On this day: A love story for the ages, Running Up That Hill, the last Apartheid laws abolished and slaughter at Boipatong ...

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'AI is sentient', and Nelson Mandela arrives on Robben Island to begin his prison sentence – On This Day In History

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Some June 6 history: The 'Longest Day' and it's bloody slaughter on the beaches, an asteroid explodes

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The peasants are revolting; know your place meddling woman or lose your head! and a murdering president

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Xhosa hero, a thorn in the side of the colonial invaders, meets his end

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How Cape Town almost became a penal colony

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