This Week in History
24 August 1998 - The trial of Dr Allan Boesak on charges of theft and fraud starts read more
25 August 1980 - Zimbabwe becomes a member of the United Nations read more
26 August 1960 - State of Emergency declared after the Sharpeville Massacre is lifted read more
27 August 1963 - W. E. B. Du Bois (95), writer, scholar, intellectual, Pan-Africanist activist and founder of the NAACP, dies read more
28 August 1908 – Eli Weinberg, trade unionist and photographer, is born read more
29 August 1900 – The Corner-stone of Cape Town City Hall is laid read more
30 August 30BC - Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt dies. read more
August 22, 2008
This Week in History