1935 — Ken Viljoen scores 124 on the second day of the fourth Test against England in Manchester as the match headed to a tame draw with the visitors leading the five-match series 1-0. Opening bowler Bob Crisp took 5/99 on the opening day.
1947 — The SA cricket team are thumped by 10 wickets in the fourth Test at Leeds as England take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.
1967 — The Springboks and France score two tries each, but the visitors win the final third Test 19-14 at Ellis Park. Centre Eben Olivier and flank Jan Ellis scored SA’s tries, but the main difference was the boot of French flyhalf Guy Camberabero, who nailed two drops as well as both conversions. SA won the three-match series 2-1.
1979 — Double world champion Kork Ballington wins the 250cc race at the Finnish Grand Prix in Imtra, but he is toppled as leader of the 350cc world championship standings. Nothing went right for him in the 350cc race, taking a tumble on the 13th lap and then suffering engine trouble as he threatened to fight his way back. Frenchman Patrick Fernandez usurped Ballington at the top of the 350cc standings.
1990 — Siza Makhatini is knocked out in the eighth round by IBF cruiserweight champion Jeff Lampkin of the US in St Petersburg, Florida.
2000 — The Springboks are comprehensively beaten 6-26 by Australia in a Tri-Nations match in Sydney. Flyhalf Braam van Straaten slotted two penalties for SA.
2006 — Cassius Baloyi loses his IBF junior-lightweight title in a surprise defeat, being outpointed by unheralded Australia-based Gairy St Clair in his first defence at Emperors Palace.
2012 — Cameron van der Burgh lands SA’s first Olympic gold medal in eight years when he wins the 100m breaststroke in a world record 58.46 sec at the London Games.
2018 — Tabraiz Shamsi and Kagiso Rabada take four wickets each as the Proteas beat Sri Lanka by five wickets in the first ODI in Dambulla. JP Duminy struck an unbeaten 53 from 32 balls to guide SA to the 194 victory target in 31 overs.
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