Events from the past that occurred on this day

Every day is important when you take a look back into history.

Here are some events of yesteryear that happened on November 20, that you may not be aware of:

• 1923 – SA author Nadine Gordimer is born.
• 1964 – The trial of South African Communist Party members begins.
• 1970 – Natasha Kate Sutherland, actress in SA soap opera Egoli, is born.
• 1988 – UN passes resolutions on South Africa.
• 1992 – De Klerk rejects Goldstone’s request.
• 1993 – John Lawrence, Winnie Mandela’s bodyguard, dies after a shooting.
• 1994 – The Angolan government signs a peace treaty with UNITA.
• 2004 – Pandemonium breaks out at Carnival City when angry boxing fans protest a dubious verdict which favours Cassius Baloyi, defending his IBO junior lightweight belt, over Lehlohonolo Ledwaba.

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