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Sharpeville massacre

Took place on March 21, 1960

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The 67th anniversary falls on March 21, 2027, in 148 days.

The Sharpeville massacre occurred on 21 March 1960, when police opened fire on a crowd of people who had assembled outside the police station in the township of Sharpeville in the then Transvaal Province of the then Union of South Africa (today part of Gauteng) to protest against the apartheid system and its pass…

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