Historical events that happened on October 15 in history

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Check out these events that happened on this day back in history?

• 1889 – Queen Victoria issues charter for the formation of the British South Africa Company.
• 1926 – SA artist Rexon Mathebula is born.
• 1951 – A Dakota airliner Paardeberg crashes into Ingeli Mountain.
• 1986 – Sebe seeks International Court of Justice to mediate in the ‘Kei dispute.
• 1989 – Five ANC leaders are released from prison.
• 1990 – South African Parliament repeals the Separate Amenities Act of 1953.
• 1993 – Waluz and Derby-Lewis are sentenced to death.
• 1998 – Anglo American announces switching of main listing to London.
• 2004 – Morgan Tsvangirai is cleared of treason charges.
• 2011 – World Rural Women’s Day comes into being.

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