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In Montevideo, the Uruguay national football team (team pictured) won the inaugural FIFA World Cup, defeating Argentina 4–2 in the final.
South African Airways Flight 228 crashed shortly after take-off from Windhoek in South West Africa, resulting in 123 deaths.
The South African Constitution of 1961 becomes effective, thus creating the Republic of South Africa, which remains outside the Commonwealth of Nations until 1 June 1994, when South Africa is returned�
Cardiff City defeated Arsenal 1–0 in the FA Cup final (match programme pictured) in the only time the FA Cup has been won by a non-English team.
Wladyslaw Zmuda, Polish footballer and manager; 91 caps for Poland and voted Best Young Player at the 1974 FIFA World Cup
The South African Defence Force launched an attack against SWAPO guerrilla fighters at Omugulugwombashe, starting the South African Border War.
Most of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon en route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal.
Jean-Paul Ngoupandé, Central African politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (born 1948)
Abel Goumba, Central African physician and politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (born 1926)
African Liberation Day (African Union, Rastafari)
Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States.
International Day of the African Child (Organisation of African Unity)
Sarah Allen, African-American missionary for the African Methodist Episcopal Church (born 1764)
South African general election: The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote. The Interim Constitution comes into force.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South African academic and politician, 8th First Lady of South Africa (died 2018)
The Brazil national football team suffers its joint-worst defeat, losing 7–1 to Germany in the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup, in a match dubbed the Mineiraço.
Daniel François Malan, South African clergyman and politician, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa (died 1959)
Jan Smuts, South African lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa (died 1950)
Jacobus Johannes Fouché, South African politician, 2nd State President of South Africa (died 1980)
Ismail Mahomed, South African lawyer and jurist, 17th Chief Justice of South Africa (born 1931)