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On this day in history: 18 February

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February 18, 2019

Laurie Smith Less than a minute

1982 The Navy frigate SAS President Kruger sinks at Cape Point after colliding with the SAS Tafelberg, eighteen people die

1879 Sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi is awarded a patent for his design for the Statue of Liberty

1885 Mark Twain publishes the ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ in the US

1982 The Navy frigate SAS President Kruger sinks at Cape Point after colliding with the SAS Tafelberg, eighteen people die

1953 Jeffrey Thamsanqa (Jeff) Radebe, SA Minister of Transport (2004), is born

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February 18, 2019

Laurie Smith Less than a minute