14 September 1652 – Jan van Riebeeck visits Robben Island for the first time
15 September 1835 – Charles Darwin and the HMS Beagle reached the Galapagos Islands
16 September 1859 – David Livingstone “discovers” Lake Nyasa
17 September 1919 – German South West Africa is put under South African administration
18 September 1999 – South Africa win the most medals at the 7th All African Games
19 September 1983 – Dr Yusuf Dadoo, socialist movement activist and politician, dies in exile
20 September 1914 – General Koos de la Rey, Boer leader during the Second Anglo-Boer war, is buried
September 12, 2008
This Week in History