The Sharpeville massacre took place on the 21st March 1960.
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The practice of providing separate amenities, segregation and discrimination was already well entrenched before 1948 by the British colonialists. The Nationalist government made the segregation more extensive and more demoralising, and gave it the name Apartheid, to promote their view that there should be separate development between white and non-white races.
The following Africans have won the gold medal in the Olympic marathon: 2000 - Gezahgne Abera, Ethiopia 1996 - Josia Thugwane, South Africa 1968 - Mamo Wolde, Ethiopia 1964 - Abebe Bikila, Ethiopia 1960 - Abebe Bikila, Ethiopia 1912 - Kenneth McArthur, South Africa
John Kennedy became the first and only Roman Catholic President in 1960. His religion was an issue, especially in the South, but it also helped him get votes from Catholics.
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The Sharpeville massacre took place on the 21st March 1960.
Ambrose Reeves has written: 'Shooting at Sharpeville' -- subject(s): Massacre, 1960 'South Africa' 'South Africa - Yesterday and Tomorrow'
Philip Frankel has written: 'An ordinary atrocity' -- subject(s): Sharpeville Massacre, Sharpeville, South Africa, 1960
It was a peaceful protest against the apartheid in South Africa, but the government came and open fired on it killing 69 people. It was very similar to the Tienanmen Square Massacre in China. It happened March 21, 1960
The Sharpeville Massacre, also known as the Sharpeville shootings, occurred on 21 March 1960, when South African police opened fire on a crowd of black protesters, killing 69 people. The confrontation occurred in the township of Sharpeville, in what is now Gauteng province.
1960-1980
Sharpeville massacre happened in 1960.
Olivia Lichtenstein was born in 1960, in South Africa.
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Nick Els was born on June 27, 1960, in South Africa.