Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet, Governor-General of South Africa ( 19431943 is the common year starting on Friday. Events January January 4 End of term for Culbert Olson, 29th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Earl Warren. January 11 The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China. January 1- 1946)
Gideon Brand van ZylGideon Brand van Zyl ( December 31, 1873 September 20, 1956), was the Governor-General of the Union of South Africa (a British administrator in South Africa) 1946- 1950. Prior to this, he served as Deputy-Speaker of Parliament. Preceded by Nicolaas Jacobu, Governor-General of South Africa ( 1946- 1951Events January events January 9 United Nations headquarters officially opens ( New York City). January 15 Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald," wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment in a court in We)
Prime Minister - Jan SmutsJan Christiaan Smuts ( May 24, 1870 September 11, 1950) was a prominent South African statesman and soldier. He was born on the farm Bovenplaats, near Riebeeck West, in the Cape Colony. He first went to school at age 12, going to Victoria College four yea, Prime Minister of South Africa ( 1939- 1948)
