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On this day in history: 5 July

Find out what significant news happened on this day in history

July 5, 2019

Laurie Smith Less than a minute

1994 Amazon.com is founded by Jeff Bezos, who is today one of the wealthiest men alive

1989 Nelson Mandela meets President PW Botha to begin negotiating the end of apartheid

1865 Great Britain creates the world’s first speed limit law

1989 Adriaan Vlok says that apartheid has become an albatross around the country’s neck. ‘If you ask a black South African what apartheid has done, he will say it has caused nothing but grief… If we do not get rid of it, it will crucify us all.’

July 5, 2019

Laurie Smith Less than a minute