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EVENTS

30 March - The Group Areas Act which was passed in 1950 becomes law

14 May - The cabinet voted for the removal of the Coloured people from the voters roll

8 December - The South Africa (Springboks) beat Ireland 17-5 in Ireland

Ernest George Jansen is appointed the 9th Governor-General Of The Union Of South Africa

Max Theiler , a Virologist is awarded the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine for developing a vaccine for Yellow Fever thereby becoming the first South African to receive a Nobel Prize

BIRTHS

DEATHS

6 April - Robert Broom , an Archaeologist who discovered Mrs Ples in 1947 , dies

14 October - Herman Charles Bosman , Writer and Journalist , dies in Edenvale, Gauteng

28 November - Clements Kadalie , Trade Unionist , dies in East London at the age of 55

Sefako Mapogo Makgatho , the 2nd African National Congress ' president, dies in Pretoria at the age of 90