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The South African 4×4 & Outdoor Show is a jam-packed event that

offers live entertainment on stage; stunts; bike, quad and vehicle dem-

onstrations at various points of the venue; and live monster truck shows.

Drive experiences include the opportunity to get the feel of a world-class

racetrack in SUVs and 4x4s and the thrills of a 4x4 obstacle course in

the middle of the main circuit. Or you could be lucky enough to get a ride

inside a monster truck. It all happens at the Zwartkops Raceway, Pretoria.

A new issue of

PoPular Mechanics

goes on sale

today.

The theme of the 2017 Cape Homemakers Expo is: (A Tribute to

Your Home). To celebrate that, this popular expo will feature an impressive

range of products and professional services under one roof from 31 August

to 3 September at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Expect

to find inspirational ideas and activities that include live demos, the interior

design challenge, plus competitions, deals and specials. Organisers say

it’s the perfect opportunity to explore, consider and purchase all the

things you need for your home and garden projects.

Head out to Rand

Airport for flying eye

candy at the Rand

Airshow.

In 1898, the

loop-de-loop

Roller Coaster was

patented by Edwin

Prescott.

A call to put an end

to dangerous nuclear

testing is marked

on International Day

against Nuclear Tests.

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It is claimed that

on this day in 1853,

Chef George Crum

prepared the first

potato chips.

Stuck for a holiday

idea? Take a break

and visit the very

first Holiday Expo

at Montecasino in

Johannesburg today.

Breathe in. Now

breathe out. And be

thankful. It’s World

Lung Cancer day.

Pretoria welcomes

the South African

4x4 & Outdoor

Show today.

THURS

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Happy birthday, Neil

Armstrong. The first

man to walk on the

Moon was born on this

day in 1930.

Decorex

Joburg starts

today and runs

until 13 August.

E-drive is old hat: in

1885, America’s first

commercially oper-

ated electric streetcar

opened in Baltimore.

In 1883, the quagga

went extinct when the

last mare at Amster-

dam Zoo died.

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In 1889,

William Gray

received a

patent for the

payphone.

In 1960, Sputnik 5 was

launched, becoming

the first spaceflight

to send animals

into orbit.

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Rand Airshow 20 August.

The Cape Home-

makers Expo

arrives at the

CTICC today.

In 1841, paleontologist

Richard Owen coined

the term “dinosaur”.

Raise your foaming

mugs in a toast to the

hop on International

Beer Day

Spit or swallow?

Enjoy responsibly at

the FNB Free State

Wine Show.

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In 1885, the first

motorcycle was

patented by Gottlieb

Daimler in Germany. 

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