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South Africa in 1944

Historical records for South Africa in 1944, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

10Records
9Events
5Named people
2Places
5Categories

Historical records

May

15 May 1944Operation OverlordJan Christian Smuts

London · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Montgomerry presents the Overlord plan to Commanders, the King, Smuts & Churchill

December

December 1944ANCRobert Sobukwe

Politics / ANC

Appointed Member of ANC Youth League

Other Events

1944ANCNelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Politics / ANC

Appointed Member of ANC

1944ANC Youth League Co-FoundedNelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Johannesburg · Politics / ANC

Helps establish the African National Congress Youth League.

1944Birth of Bobby FischerBobby Fischer

Sport / Chess

Birth of Bobby Fischer

1944DemonstrationsJan Christian Smuts

Johannesburg · Government / Government of South Africa

20,000 protest against the Pass Laws

1944Mandela Family BeginsNelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Johannesburg · Politics / ANC

Begins a family while expanding his political involvement.

1944Marriage to Evelyn MaseNelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Johannesburg · Politics / ANC

Marries Evelyn Ntoko Mase.

1944Reform of Political SystemGaur Radabe

Politics / AMWU

The Lansdown Commission reports its findings, the AMWU helped establish the Commission

1944Youth League OrganisationNelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Johannesburg · Politics / ANC

Supports a more militant programme for African political mobilisation.

Names involved

Bobby FischerGaur RadabeJan Christian SmutsNelson Rolihlahla MandelaRobert Sobukwe

Places involved

JohannesburgLondon

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.