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{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1976|month=06|day=16|event=The [[Soweto Uprising]] against [[apartheid]] in South Africa begins, with 15,000 students marching. By the end of the uprising apartheid forces murder up to 700 protesters.}} | {{history calendar/calendar event|year=1976|month=06|day=16|event=The [[Soweto Uprising]] against [[apartheid]] in South Africa begins, with 15,000 students marching. By the end of the uprising apartheid forces murder up to 700 protesters.}} | ||
'''1994''' | |||
{{history calendar/calendar event|year=1994|month=06|day=16|event=Four [[Irish National Liberation Army]] volunteers kill three members of the terrorist group the [[Ulster Volunteer Force]] in the [[Shankill Road Killings]]}} | |||
Latest revision as of 04:58, 17 June 2024
1948
- Communist Party of Malaya revolutionaries kill three British colonial plantation managers, leading to the declaration of a state of emergency and civil war which would last until 1960.
1963
- During the Vostok 6 mission Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman to travel in space.
1976
- The Soweto Uprising against apartheid in South Africa begins, with 15,000 students marching. By the end of the uprising apartheid forces murder up to 700 protesters.
1994
- Four Irish National Liberation Army volunteers kill three members of the terrorist group the Ulster Volunteer Force in the Shankill Road Killings