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EVENTS

February

11 February - District Six , Cape Town is declared a "White Group Area" by the government

March

21 March - As a result of the Sharpeville Massacre in 1960 , this day is proclaimed "International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination" by the United Nation 's General Assembly

June

American Senator Robert Kennedy visits South Africa

September

13 September - B.J. Vorster succeeds Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd as the 8th Prime Minister Of South Africa

Unknown date

Mimi Coertse is awarded the Kammersängerin, a most prestigious title from the Austria n Government

BIRTHS

DEATHS

10 January - Abraham Jonker , an Afrikaans Novelist , dies at the age of 60

6 September Prime Minister Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd is assassinated