Oliver Tambo's death

1944 The United Negro College Fund(UNCF) a fund that was set up up to helped needy but brilliant African-American students to be able to attend college was incorporated.
The fund has grown since then, to its current stage where it supports more than 65,000 students who are attending about 900 universities, with a sum of more than 113 million dollars.

1979 Abel Tendekayi Muzorowa wins the majority of votes to become the first and only prime minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia.Muzorowa, a Methodist preacher, won 51 of the 72 seats that was reserved for blacks, however the government collapse the same year he took office in favour a new general election which the ZANU(Zimbabwe African National Union) led by Robert Mugabe came into power. His government was not recognized internationally and severe sanctions which was still in place due to Ian Smith's near apartheid rule, forced him to accept a mediation by Britain which resulted in the calling of the 1980 elections.



1993, Death of freedom fighter and co founder of the ANC youth wing Oliver Reginald Tambo.He had just returned from a 30 year exile in Britain to become the national chairperson of the ANC in 1991.His death at 75, was as a result complications due t
to stroke. Tambo, Mandela, Anton Lembede and Walter Sisulu were the co founders of the ANC youth wing.