12 September 1977 September 11, 2020 Author: Staff South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko dies in police custody. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark." Samuel Johnson — Click here for more from Samuel Johnson Related posts: 10 March 1977 24 July 1977 15 June 1752 21 April 1977 24 July 1977 4 September 1977 10 March 1977 22 July 1977 9 May 1977 9 May 1977 Categories: History Tags: 12 September, 1977