1986 ⟶ Mozambican President Samora Machel Dies in Plane Crash
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🇿🇦 Implementation of Apartheid Laws
Beginning of apartheid in South Africa.⟶

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💥 Sharpeville Massacre: South African Police Open Fire on Protesters
March 21: The Sharpeville Massacre, in which the police opened fire against a protesting crowd at a police station in the South African township of Sharpeville in Transvaal, resulting in 69 deaths and 180 injuries.⟶

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✈️ Mozambican President Samora Machel Dies in Plane Crash
October 19: Samora Machel, the first President of Mozambique, dies in a plane crash.⟶

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🕊️ Nelson Mandela Released From Prison
February 11: Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.⟶

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🗳️ Nelson Mandela Elected President of South Africa, Apartheid Ends
May 10: End of apartheid in South Africa and election of Nelson Mandela.⟶

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🗳️ African National Congress Loses Parliamentary Majority in South African Election
May 29: African National Congress loses parliamentary majority for first time since end of Apartheid in South African general election⟶

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