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1948
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The Nationalist Part takes control of the government. Makes apartheid, racial segregation, a law.
March 21, 1960
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South African Police open fires on a group of anti-apartheid protesters, killing 69. Leads to the banning of the ANC, the main anti-apartheid group
1961
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South Africa is kicked out of the British Commonwealth, is banned from the Olympics, and the UN eventually places an embargo.
June 1964
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Nelson Mandela, leader of the ANC, is sentenced to line in prison.
1984
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A revolt in the Soweto began an intense time in which protests were becoming more and more violent. The government declared a state of emergency.
1989
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F. W. de Klerk becomes president, releases Mandela from jail, and begins peace talks.
April 27, 1994
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In the first election open to all races, Nelson Mandela is elected president. Apartheid officially ended.
1996
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Desmond Tutu begins to hear trials for crimes against humanity committed during the Apartheid era.
2010
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South Africa becomes the first African nation to host the FIFA World Cup, showing how far they have come since apartheid.
1945
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With the USSR and US emerging as superpowers, the Cold War begins.
1975
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The North Vietnamese, Communists, are victorious when Saigon, the south's capital, falls.
1989
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Communism falls in many Eastern Bloc Countries, then in Russia, leading to the end of the Cold War.
1957
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Ghana becomes the first country to win independence and establish an African rule.
1980
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After 14 years, the Bush War between the Africans and white minority rule ends and free elections are established. The country is renamed Zimbabwe.
1994
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800,000 members of the minority Tutsi tribe are slaughtered by the minority Hutu.