deaths
September 6, 1966
Hendrik Verwoerd, Dutch-South African journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of South Africa (born 1901)
Hendrik Verwoerd
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, also known as H. F. Verwoerd, was a Dutch-born South African politician, academic, and newspaper editor who served as Prime Minister of South Africa from 1958 until his assassination in 1966.
Prime Minister of South Africa
The prime minister of South Africa was the head of government in South Africa between 1910 and 1984.