Updated at December 11, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Chris Hani |
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Birthdate | June 28, 1942 |
Birth Place | South Africa |
Age (in 2024) | 82 Years Old |
Zodiac | Cancer |
Occupation | Politician |
Chris Hani is best known as Politician who has born on June 28, 1942 in South Africa. Currently, Chris Hani is 82 years, 5 months and 13 days old. Chris Hani will celebrate 83rd birthday on Saturday, 28th of June 2025. Below the countdown to Chris Hani upcoming birthday.
Remembered for his leadership of the South African Communist Party and the African National Congress's armed Umkhonto we Sizwe division, this politician and anti-apartheid activist was assassinated in the early 1990s.
After studying literature at the University of Fort Hare, he was arrested and exiled for his membership in the Umkhonto we Sizwe. After undergoing Soviet military training, he returned to Africa to participate in the Zimbabwean Liberation War.
His assassin, Janusz Walus, was an anti-communist emigrant from Poland.
A member of the South African Bantu ethnic group, he grew up with five siblings in the town of Cofimvaba in South Africa's Eastern Cape province.
Following Hani's assassination, political leader Nelson Mandela passionately addressed his fellow countrymen, calling for peace and unity among all South Africans.
Chris Hani is 82 years old today.
Chris Hani was born on June 28, 1942 in South Africa.
Chris Hani zodiac sign is Cancer.
Chris Hani was best known as Politician.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Chris Hani's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1956 | In Poznań, workers from HCP factory go to the streets, sparking one of the first major protests against communist government both in Poland and Europe. |
1964 | Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity. |
1969 | Stonewall riots begin in New York City, marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement. |
1973 | Elections are held for the Northern Ireland Assembly, which will lead to power-sharing between unionists and nationalists in Northern Ireland for the first time. |
1976 | The Angolan court sentences US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda Trial. |
1978 | The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke bars quota systems in college admissions. |
1981 | A powerful bomb explodes in Tehran, killing 73 officials of the Islamic Republican Party. |
1982 | Aeroflot Flight 8641 crashes in Mazyr, Belarus, killing 132 people. |
1987 | For the first time in military history, a civilian population is targeted for chemical attack when Iraqi warplanes bombed the Iranian town of Sardasht. |
1989 | On the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, Slobodan Milošević delivers the Gazimestan speech at the site of the historic battle. |
1997 | Holyfield-Tyson II: Mike Tyson is disqualified in the third round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield's ear. |
2001 | Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial. |
2004 | Iraq War: Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation. |
2009 | Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis. |
2016 | A terrorist attack in Turkey's Istanbul Atatürk Airport kills 42 people and injures more than 230 others. |
1989 | The birth of Julia Zlobina, Russian-Azerbaijani figure skater |
1989 | The birth of Markiplier, American internet personality |
1989 | The birth of Nicole Rottmann, Austrian tennis player |
1991 | The birth of Seohyun, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress |
1991 | The birth of Kevin De Bruyne, Belgian footballer |
1991 | The birth of Kang Min-hyuk, South Korean singer, drummer, and actor |
1992 | The birth of Oscar Hiljemark, Swedish footballer |
1992 | The birth of Elaine Thompson, Jamaican sprinter |
1993 | The birth of Bradley Beal, American basketball player |
1994 | The birth of Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan |
1996 | The birth of Donna Vekić, Croatian tennis player |
1996 | The birth of Larissa Werbicki, Canadian rower |
1997 | The birth of Tadasuke Makino, Japanese racing driver |
1999 | The birth of Markéta Vondroušová, Czech tennis player |
2002 | The birth of Marta Kostyuk, Ukrainian tennis player |
2013 | The death of Tamás Katona, Hungarian historian and politician (b. 1932) |
2013 | The death of Kenneth Minogue, New Zealand-Australian political scientist and academic (b. 1930) |
2013 | The death of F. D. Reeve, American author and academic (b. 1928) |
2013 | The death of David Rubitsky, American sergeant (b. 1917) |
2014 | The death of Seymour Barab, American cellist and composer (b. 1921) |
2014 | The death of Jim Brosnan, American baseball player (b. 1929) |
2014 | The death of On Kawara, Japanese painter (b. 1933) |
2014 | The death of Meshach Taylor, American actor (b. 1947) |
2015 | The death of Jack Carter, American actor and comedian (b. 1922) |
2015 | The death of Jope Seniloli, Fijian politician, Vice-President of Fiji (b. 1939) |
2015 | The death of Wally Stanowski, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1919) |
2016 | The death of Scotty Moore, American guitarist (b. 1931) |
2016 | The death of Pat Summitt, American women's college basketball head coach (b. 1952) |
2016 | The death of Buddy Ryan, American football coach (b. 1931) |
2018 | The death of Harlan Ellison, American writer (b. 1934) |
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