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Soweto uprising: A non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa, turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd.
Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.
Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating races.
The Live 8 benefit concerts takes place in the G8 states and in South Africa. More than 1,000 musicians perform and are broadcast on 182 television networks and 2,000 radio networks.
The Saint James Church massacre occurs in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa.
The Marikana massacre begins near Rustenburg, South Africa, resulting in the deaths of 47 people.
South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies.
Prime Minister of Lesotho Tom Thabane flees to South Africa as the army allegedly stages a coup.
Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid, is stabbed to death in Cape Town, South Africa during a parliamentary meeting.
Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu.
Cannabis is legalized in South Africa, through a ruling of the Constitutional Court.
Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa.
Peace congress in Paris condemns British policy in South Africa and asserts Boer Republic's right to self-determination.
The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities.
The first edition of The Illustrated London News, the world's first illustrated weekly news magazine, was published.
World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
The world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, becomes the first vessel to complete a submerged transit of the geographical North Pole.
First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.
World War II: Allied forces commence the Second Battle of El Alamein, which proves to be the key turning point in the North African campaign.