This Week in History: 5th October – 11th October

October 6, 2008

This Week in History

5 October 1978 – US Secretary of State Cyrus Vance travels to South Africa to promote transition to black rule in Namibia

6 October 1654 – The Directors of the Dutch East India Company propose Hout Bay to Jan van Riebeeck as a possible area to settle some Dutch families

7 October 1978 – Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith visits the United States, challenging officials to support his plan for the transition of government in the country

8 October 2001 – The United Nations and African-born Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, share the Nobel Peace Prize

9 October 1963 – The Rivonia Trialists are charged with sabotage and attempting to overthrow the state violently

10 October 2005 – Milton Obote (81), Uganda’s former dictator, dies in a South African hospital

11 October 1899 – The second Anglo-Boer war, also known as the South African war, breaks out

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