1998 – Water begins to flow to South Africa from Africa’s second largest Dam project, the katse Dam in Lesotho as part of Lesotho Highland water project. The dam, the deepest in Africa, was completed in 1966 and the reservoir was filled 1977.
1973 – The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decision in Roe v. Wade, legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states.
1964 – Kenneth Kaunda becomes the Prime Minister of Northern Rhodesia (Zambia)
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1946 – Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
1917 – World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for “peace without victory” in Europe.
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1931 – Sam Cooke: Sam Cooke (born 22 January 1931, Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA – died December 11, 1964, Los Angeles, California, USA) was an American gospel/R&B/soul/pop singer, songwriter and entrepreneur. He is recognized as one of the founders of soul music and one of the most important singers in soul music history.
1561 – Francis Bacon: Francis Bacon,1st Viscount St Alban PC, also known as Lord Verulam, was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England under King James I.
1992 – Nelson Mandela, leader of the African National Congress (ANC) and President F.W. de Klerk were awarded the UNESCO Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize.
1984 – The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced during Super Bowl XVIII with its famous “1984” television commercial.
1970 – The Boeing 747 takes off on its first scheduled flight. The Pan Am jumbo jet flew from New York to London.
1968 – Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
1950 – Dr Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana is arrested for leading a general strike, He is sentenced by the British Colonial authorities to three years imprisonment and is to serve his time with common criminals.
