Governor-General - Gideon Brand van Zyl, Governor-General of South Africa ( 1946Events January January 4 Theodore Schurch becomes the last person to be executed for offences committed under the Treachery Act of 1940 January 7 Allied recognize Austrian republic with 1937 borders the country is divided into four occupation zones Januar- 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)
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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 ( 1939Events January-June January 2 End of term for Frank Finley Merriam, 28th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Culbert Levy Olson. January 24 Earthquake kills 30. 000 in Chile about 50. 000 sq mi razed January 26 Falangists take Barcelona January 26- 1948)
Daniel François MalanDaniel Francois Malan ( May 22, 1874 February 7, 1959) is seen as the champion of South African nationalism. He was also the first prime minister of the apartheid government in South Africa. Malan was born in the village of Riebeek-Wes. In 1905, Malan was, Prime Minister of South Africa ( 1948- 1954)
