However, around 60 to 70 of them were gunned down by the cops. A total of 69 people were killed including 8 women and 10 children, and 180 people were injured, including 31 women and 19 children. Sharpeville massacre, incident in the black township of sharpeville, near vereeniging, south africa, on march 21 1960, in which police fired on a crowd of black people, killing or wounding some 250 of them. If you are looking for a calendar in pdf format then please visit our pdf calendar section. Many more can be found on the main index page or by looking through the archives. Browse historical events, famous birthdays and notable deaths from mar 11, 1960 or search by date, day or keyword. This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a lunisolar calendar. June 21, 1964 james chaney, andrew goodman, michael schwerner civil rights workers abducted and slain. To view articles you must have the free adobe acrobat reader. Listening to the summaries does not replace reading and taking notes, but it is another way to learn about history. The sharpeville massacre occurred on 21 march 1960, at the police station in the south african. It was on march 21, 1960 when 69 pan africanist congress sympathisers were shot dead by police during an antipass laws protest outside a police. As is argued earlier in this book, it was a particular combination of local. Our printable calendar for march 1960 is provided below.
Title white house conference on children and youth, washington, d. Archbold expeditions collection archbold expedition to new guinea. The politics of the sharpeville massacre and soweto uprising. March 1960 calendar printable monthly calendar of march 1960. The sharpeville massacre, which occurred on march 21, 1960, in the township of sharpeville, south africa, was the incident that to that point resulted in the deaths of the largest number of south africans in a protest against apartheid it also came to symbolize that struggle. When the news of the sharpeville massacre reached cape town a group of between to 5000 protestors gathered at the langa flats bus terminus around 17h00 on 21 march 1960. Tom lodges new book, published fiftyone years after the massacre, revisits this dramatic. The next time you can reuse your old 1960 calendar will be in 2044. The original womens march on washington and the suffragists who paved the way they fought for the right to vote, but also advanced the causes. Historical events in march 1960 on this day history.
Tom lodges book on sharpeville has a complete account of the origins, details. In similar demonstrations at the police station in vanderbijlpark, another person was shot. See what famous, interesting and notable events happened throughout history on march 21. Diary, 6th expedition to new guinea march, 1959 to. The book draws on a wide range of archival, testimonial and. March 21, 1960 was a monday and it was the 81 st day of the year 1960. The day of the week was monday if you are trying to learn spanish then this day of the week in spanish is lunes a person born on this day will be 60 years old today. This was in direct defiance of the governments countrywide ban on public meetings and gatherings of. On 21 march 1960, at the launch of the pacs antipass campaign, sobukwe resigned from his post as lecturer. Learn about 44 famous, scandalous and important events that happened in mar 1960 or search by date or keyword. Rudolph ran and world went wild espn sportscentury figures. Pdf over the past two centuries, the police have perpetrated massacres in response to protest action in numerous countries. Famous people born on this day include ayrton senna and dominic miller. We also have a number of other calendars and planners in web and pdf formats available farther down the page.
March,20 onthe28thofapril2012thecontentsoftheenglishaswellasgermanwikibooksandwikipedia projectswerelicensedundercreativecommonsattributionsharealike3. Heraclius restores the true cross, which he has recaptured from the persians. March 11, 1960 was a friday and it was the 71 st day of the year 1960. Thomas cranmer, the archbishop of canterbury, is burned at the stake at oxford after retracting the last of seven recantations that same day. Huntington, wv, 11659 38 lemar northington trigg county vs. There are 304 days remaining until the end of this year. The pass laws implemented by the authorities was disliked by certain sections of the society and thousands of protestors marched towards a police station to express their objection. On 21 march 1960 at the township of sharpeville, vereeniging, the south african. Your zodiac sign is pisces, your birthstone is the aquamarine, and your birth flower is the daffodil both of which make great gifts for someone with this birthday. Subsequent investigations would determine that two policemen had fired their guns, and that 50 others then began. Your 61st birthday will be on a thursday and a birthday after that will be on a. An apartheid massacre and its consequences african.
Reconstruction to the 21st century the following mp3 audio files may also help you learn. A history of a building that is about 200 years old which replaced a blacksmiths shop nearby that went back to at least the 0s. And indeed helicopters do feature in sharpevilles violent history. Diary, 6th expedition to new guinea march, 1959 to february 21, 1960. It was on march 21, 1960 when 69 pan africanist congress sympathisers were shot dead by police during an antipass laws protest outside a police station in the southern gauteng township of. The south african police opened fire on the crowd, killing 69 people and injuring 180 others.
The library of congress would like to learn more about these materials and would like to hear from individuals or institutions that have any additional information or know of their history. Fulltext is provided in portable document format pdf. March 21, 1960 was the 81 st day of the year 1960 in the gregorian calendar. Sharpeville and memory goldsmiths, university of london.
In uk running bear by johnny preston was in the top 5 hits. Eisenhower signs the united states national security council known as national security council directive on the anticuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the bay of pigs invasion. Van deusen, hobart m american museum of natural history. The sharpeville massacre occurred on 21 march 1960, at the police station in the south african township of sharpeville in transvaal today part of gauteng after a day of demonstrations against pass laws, a crowd of about 7,000 protesters went to the police station. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Dozens of gay men outed in morocco after photo leak. It was sunday, under the sign of pisces see birth chart on march 20, 1960. Discover all the march 21 famous birthdays who share your special day. The list provides the dates, locations, and blue book case numbers for the incidents. Project blue book unknowns this list claims 701 ufo reports which represent all of the unexplained sightings recorded by the air forces project blue book, a seventeen year investigation. C o n n e x i o n s rice university, houston, texas. History staffers recommend some recentlypublished books that provide valuable lifelessons through the lens of groundbreaking historical figures. George wallace, the origins of the new conservatism, and the transformation of american politics paperback. Under the julian calendar, this day is february 18, 1960 a wednesday.
It was also the 76th day and 3rd month of 1960 in the georgian calendar. March 16, 1960 was the 11th wednesday of that year. White house conference on children and youth, washington. Sharpeville massacre, march 21, 1960, incident in the black township of sharpeville, near vereeniging, south. This was in direct defiance of the governments countrywide ban on public meetings and gatherings of more than ten persons. Sharpeville massacre simple english wikipedia, the free. It was one of the first and most violent demonstrations against apartheid in. Sharpeville, a black suburb outside of vereeniging about fifty miles south of johannesburg, was through the 1950s.
To save them, you probably will need to right click on the link and save it to your computer. March 21, 1960 monday the sharpeville massacre began at 1. It was also the 62nd day and 3rd month of 1960 in the georgian calendar. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license.
March 2, 1960 is the 62 nd day of the year 1960 in the gregorian calendar. In that special week of march people in us were listening to the theme from a summer place by percy faith. Sharpeville massacre, 21 march 1960 south african history online. There were 285 days remaining until the end of the year. The south african township of sharpeville, witnessed its bloodiest agitation on 21st march 1960. Blank march calendar and march holidays 1960 are also available. March 21st is the common date of the march equinox although astronomically the equinox is more likely to fall on march 20 in all but the most easterly longitudes. What happened on march 11, 1960 on this day history. The next time you can reuse 1960 calendar will be in 2044.
Figure 1 displays the departure of march 1960 average temperature from normal1. You are 60 years old, and were born in the middle of the baby boomer generation. At this conference, it was announced that the pac would launch its own antipass campaign. On 16 march 1960, sobukwe wrote to the commissioner of police, major general rademeyer, stating that the pac would be holding a fiveday, nonviolent, disciplined, and sustained protest campaign against pass laws, starting on 21 march. Popular 1960s american history books showing 141 of 41 the politics of rage. Members of the openstax community can join the hub to share resources theyve created to use with our u. It was one of the first and most violent demonstrations against apartheid in south africa. Local and internet sources were used to research the history of the evolution of the building itself and trace the residents as far back as records allowed. The previous post in this blog was this day in history.
March 1960 is still the coldest march on record at asheville, charlotte, and greenvillespartanburg. The sharpeville massacre was when a crowd of between 5,0007,000 black people protested at the police station in sharpeville, south africa on march 21, 1960. Naval operations in the dardanelles campaign the battle of march 18 named gallipoli memorial day turkey. It was monday, under the sign of aries see birth chart on march 21, 1960. You can create online monthly calendar march 1960 with holidays. The march 1960 calendar shown above has marked dates of important events and popular us holidays. On 21 march 1960 at least 180 black africans were injured there are claims of as many as 300 and 69 killed when south african police opened fire on approximately 300 demonstrators, who were protesting against the pass laws, at the township of sharpeville, near vereeniging in the transvaal.
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