1986Mozambican President Samora Machel Dies in Plane Crash

October 19: Samora Machel, the first President of Mozambique...
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🇿🇦 Implementation of Apartheid Laws

Beginning of apartheid in South Africa.
Implementation of Apartheid Laws (1948)
ApartheidHuman RightsDiscriminationLegislationColonialism
South AfricaSouth Africa

💥 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.
Sharpeville Massacre: South African Police Open Fire on Protesters (1960)
ApartheidHuman RightsProtestPolice BrutalityAnti-Apartheid MovementMassacre
South AfricaSouth Africa

✈️ Mozambican President Samora Machel Dies in Plane Crash

October 19: Samora Machel, the first President of Mozambique, dies in a plane crash.
Mozambican President Samora Machel Dies in Plane Crash (1986)
Cold WarDecolonizationPlane CrashPresidencyApartheid
MozambiqueMozambiqueSouth AfricaSouth Africa

🕊️ 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.
Nelson Mandela Released From Prison (1990)
ApartheidNelson MandelaAnti-Apartheid MovementCivil RightsHuman RightsPost-Apartheid
South AfricaSouth Africa

🗳️ Nelson Mandela Elected President of South Africa, Apartheid Ends

Nelson Mandela Elected President of South Africa, Apartheid Ends (1994)
ApartheidNelson MandelaAnti-Apartheid MovementDemocracyCivil RightsPost-ColonialismHuman Rights
South AfricaSouth Africa

🗳️ 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
African National Congress Loses Parliamentary Majority in South African Election (2024)
ApartheidElectionsDemocracyPolitical TransitionPost-ApartheidPolitical PartiesGovernment
South AfricaSouth Africa