Dag vriende QUICKQUIP:-" If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing." - Ernest HEMINGWAY. ON THIS DAY:-1492:- Christopher COLUMBUS makes the first recorded reference to tobacco. 1720:- Notorious pirates Anne BONNY, Mary READ and John RACKHAM are captured and brought to Spanish Town, Jamaica, for trail. Pregnant, both Bonny and Read 'plead with their bellies' and have their sentences commuted. Read dies in prison, but Bonny is eventually released and lives to the ripe old age of 82, dying in 1882. Rackham, however, kept his date with the noose. 1891:- German Field Marshal Erwin ROMMEL is born in Heidenheim, in Wurttemberg, Germany. During World War ll, he led the 7th Panzer Division to victory in the Battle of France. His early victories in North Africa earned him his nickname, 'Desert Fox'. However, in 1943, he was defeated at El Alamein by the British under General MONTGOMERY. ROMMEL was implicated in the July 1944 failed assassination of Hitler, and forced to commit suicide, aged 52, that year. DEATHS:- DALE Walter Robin (Chum) 17 June 1928 - 13 Nov 2019 x June . Father of Lawrence, Clive and Jenny. Father-in-law of Mark and Juana. Grand and great-grandfather. In lieu of flowers -donations to SPCA Kloof. FREEMAN Pamela Josephine . Died at age 73 x Ken FREEMAN. Mother to Andrew, Johnathan, Jenna. Mother-in-law of Priscilla, Natasha and Shaun. Grandmother of Nike, Oliver, William and Emily. Memorial Service at Haycroft Farm, Curry's Post Rd Howick on 18 Nov 2019 at 11:00 am. - MOSAIC Howick 033 3005881 OLSEN David + 13 Nov 2019. Brother to Dawn, Jill, Carol, brother-in-law of Charles, father and uncle. Also Spots (cat).Service at DOVES Greyville on 18 Nov 2019 at 12:00noon. - DOVES 0860025500 Gegroet uit Durban Rita Quebbemann.