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Births: Jean-Antoine Watteau, painter, 1684; Giuseppe Fortunio
Francesco Verdi, composer, 1813; Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger,
farmer and Boer statesman, 1825; Isabella II, Queen of Spain, 1830;
Helen Hayes (Helen Hayes Brown), actress, 1900; Alberto Giacometti,
sculptor, 1901; Thelonious Sphere Monk, pianist and pioneer of "bop",
1918.
Deaths: Fra Filippo Lippi, painter, 1469; Ugo (Niccolo) Foscolo,
poet, 1827; Katherine Mayo, social reformer and writer, 1940; Edith
Piaf (Edith Giovanna Gassion), singer, 1963; Eddie (Edward Israel
Iskowitz) Cantor, entertainer and actor, 1964; Sir ...
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Army Ousts Premier in Transkei
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...independent tribal "homeland" of Transkei was overthrown in a military coup d...racial separation. The commander of the Transkei Defense Force, Maj. Gen. Bantu Holomisa, declared on Radio Transkei that he had removed Prime Minister...
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Transkei Leader Finds Politics Complicated; Dilemmas Abound in S. African Homeland
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...office on the 11th floor of the main Transkei government building as khaki-clad policemen...the nominally independent homeland of Transkei, Maj. Gen. Harrington Bantubonke Holomisa...based on their tribes. In addition to Transkei, three other homelands have been declared...
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Transkei's leader refuses to compromise his principles. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; ...planning to topple the legal government of Transkei and nobody has any objections. What...is that Holomisa is now the leader of Transkei. At a time when some black collaborators...to fold his own government and pledge Transkei's allegiance to the new South Africa...
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2 South African `Homelands' Do Battle;Transkei Attackers Said to Seek Ciskeian President as Hostage to Force Merger
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...South African "homelands" of Ciskei and Transkei exploded into open warfare early today...officials said. The foreign minister of Transkei, a nominally independent homeland within...Songca, claimed that no soldiers from the Transkei Defense Forces were involved in the fighting...
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Transkei Said Likely to Deport American Priest Held 2 Months
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...ostensibly independent tribal "homeland" of Transkei probably will be deported soon, sources...Dec. 17, has been detained under the Transkei Internal Security Act and interrogated...on a police headquarters in Umtata, Transkei's capital, in which three police officers...
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Transkei Frees Journalist Held for 2 Days; AFP Reporter Tried to Cover Coup Attempt in Neighboring Ciskei
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...ostensibly independent tribal homeland of Transkei after trying to report on the attempted...Embassy employe, was detained Saturday by Transkei security police and taken to a jail in...said he was arrested at a roadblock in Transkei while attempting to cover the aftermath...
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COUP EFFORT SAID TO FAIL IN TRANSKEI HOMELAND
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...power yesterday in the black homeland of Transkei, according to various reports. They...death at a rally yesterday evening in the Transkei capital of Umtata. Holomisa said the...independent South African Press Association. A Transkei army spokesman said five loyalist soldiers...
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Army chief stages coup, takes over in Transkei
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; UMTATA, Transkei The newly elected government of this...formed a "military council" to rule Transkei after learning that Prime Minister Stella...martial law has been declared in the Transkei," the message said. "Your government...
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 "The Star (South Africa)")
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Transkei titanium offers potential jobs - at a cost.(Business Report)
Newspaper article from: The Star (South Africa)
; ...is that the environmentally sensitive Transkei coastline, rich in the mineral, would...multibillion-rand business. The inaccessible Transkei coast is reported to be rich in the mineral...a clear reference to Xolobeni in the Transkei. He said his department was also talking...
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Labor and Beer in the Transkei, South Africa: Xhosa Work Parties in Historical and Contemporary Perspective
Magazine article from: Human Organization
; ...drinking rituals in South Africa's Transkei. The analysis is placed within a historical...relationship with beer drinking in the Transkei, formerly a South African "homeland...Gatyana) district of southeastern Transkei. I analyze cooperative work and beer...
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