Take a look back in history

Events that go down in history happen every day across the world.

With that in mind, here are some events that took place on this day (November 5) in the past:

• 1908 – Cullinan diamond is cut into two
• 1969 – South African Springbok rugby tour in UK is disrupted by anti-apartheid demonstration.
• 1984 – Call for stay-away in black townships
• 1984 – South African scholar, historian and film critic Thelma Gutsche dies
• 1987 – ANC stalwart and Rivonia trialist Govan Mbeki is released from Robben Island Prison
• 1991 – COSATU leads anti-VAT strike

• 1994 – Johan Heyns, influential church leader and former moderator of the Dutch Reformed Church, is murdered

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