27 October 2006

The Johannesburg International Airport is officially renamed OR Tambo International Airport by President Mbeki.

27 October 1917

Former ANC President, Oliver ‘OR’ Tambo, is born

27 October 1988

Salman Rushdie’s visit is still on

27 October 1966

The UN ends SA mandate over South West Africa

27 October 1922

Southern Rhodesia rejects joining the Union of South Africa

27 October 1808

Slave rebellion at the Cape led by Louis of Mauritius. Over 300 slaves and Khoi Khoi servants from outlying farms marched on Cape Town demanding their freedom

27 October 2005

At least twenty people are injured in a collision between the Blue Train and the Trans Karoo at Deelfontein, near De Aar

27 October 2004

Hajara Ibrahim appears before a Nigerian Islamic court to launch an appeal against her conviction for adultery

27 October 2004

COSATU delegates are left at Beitbridge

27 October 1992

Reggie Hadebe ANC Regional Executive Committee member and Media officer in the Natal Midlands Region, is gunned down

27 October 1990

The ANC Youth League is re-established at Orlando stadium in Soweto

27 October 1985

Famine anniversary in Ethiopia