On Friday, Aug. 9, the third annual Whitney E. Houston Legacy Foundation Gala — presented by the Whitney E. Houston Legacy Foundation and Primary Wave — will be held on what would’ve been Whitney’s 61st birthday.
The date also comes just before the 30th anniversary of the late icon’s three post-apartheid visits and performances in South Africa following Nelson Mandela’s historic 1994 presidential election win. At the time, Whitney, who died in 2012 at age 48, was the first major musician to visit and perform in the newly unified nation.