1910 in South Africa

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See also: 1909 in South Africa, other events of 1910, 1911 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history.

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Contents 1 Events 1.1 May 1.2 Unknown date 2 Births 3 Deaths

[edit] Events

[edit] May

• 31 May - The formation of the Union of South Africa
  • Herbert John Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone becomes the first Governor-General of the Union of South Africa
  • Louis Botha becomes the first Prime Minister of South Africa

South Africa was given independence by United Kingdom

[edit] Unknown date

• Girl Guides started
• White population in South Africa - 21.5%
• The Witwatersrand gold mine owners are pressurised to improve sanitary conditions as a third of the black miners are dying of pneumonia

[edit] Births

• 24 March - Adolph Gysbert Malan, World War II fighter pilot, is born Wellington, Western Cape
• 30 September - Gagathura Mohambry Naicker, a medical doctor and prominent politician, is born

[edit] Deaths