1977 SA cricketer Makhaya Ntini is born in Mdingi, near King William's Town, Eastern Cape
1947 The AK-47 first goes into production in the Soviet Union
1885 Louis Pasteur successfully tests an anti-rabies vaccine
1976 The South African Government annuls the regulation that African pupils be instructed equally in English and Afrikaans, and issues new regulations leaving the choice of the medium of instruction to school principals. The announcement follows three weeks after the Soweto riots
