Ellis Park Stadium is a large sports stadium in Johannesburg, mainly used for rugby union and football. It is best known as the venue of the 1995 Rugby World Cup final, in which South Africa beat New Zealand, with President Nelson Mandela presenting the trophy in a Springbok shirt, an event seen as a moment of national unity after apartheid. The stadium was renovated and expanded for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, at which it staged several matches. It is a home of the Lions rugby team and has also staged football derbies between the Soweto clubs Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates. In 2001 a crush before one such match killed dozens of spectators, a disaster that led to changes in safety measures.
Before and after
- 1928Establishment of Thingvellir National Park
- 1928Introduction of Estonian kroon
- 1928Construction of Maginot Line
- 1928Construction of Madrid-Barajas Airport
- 1928Construction of Ellis Park Stadium
- 1928Publication of The Master and Margarita
- 1928Construction of Palomar Observatory
- 1928Publication of The Threepenny Opera
- from 1928 to 2018Founding of FC Kuban Krasnodar
More in Art, literature & culture
- 1916Construction of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
- 2 February 1922Publication of Ulysses
- 19 September 1926Construction of Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
- 4 July 1930Origins of Nation of Islam
- 1932First edition of Venice Film Festival
- 1934Publication of March of the Volunteers
The era
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