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| Championship Fischer Fischer, Bobby |  |
| 8th Jan Wins the United States Chess Championship, age 14 |
| Commonwealth Membership Verwoerd, Hendrik Frensch | |
| 2nd Sep Pretoria Africa Withdraws from the commonwealth rather than abandon Apartheid |
| Death of Strijdom, Johennes Gerhardus Strijdom, Johennes Gerhardus | |
| 24th Aug Death of Johennes Gerhardus Strijdom |
| PAC Sobukwe, Robert | |
| Advocates breaking away from the ANC & forms the Pan Africanist Congress |
| Says the ANC claims Sth Africa for all while the PAC claims Africa for Africans |
| President Lutuli, Albert | |
| Appointed President-General of the ANC, 3rd term |
| Prime Minister Verwoerd, Hendrik Frensch | |
| 2nd Sep Pretoria Africa Appointed Prime Minister of SouthAfrica |
| World Champion Fischer, Bobby | |
| 8th Jan Wins the United States Chess Championship, age 14 |
