APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA.

End of World War II

May 8, 1945

Beginnig of Apartheid in South Africa.

Jan 1, 1948

Prohibition of mixed marriages.

Jan 1, 1949

Population Registration Act

Jan 1, 1950

It required that each person be classified according to his racial caracteristics.

Nelson Mandela sentence to life emprisonment

Jun 12, 1964

After having seen as a potential treat for the system, Nelson Mandela has been sentenced to life enprisonment.

Soweto tragedy.

Jun 16, 1976

Soweto Uprising against the imposition of the use of Afrikaans in black schools. The police fired on a student demonstration. Begins a long series of strikes and demonstrations that are more than 1,000 dead in a few months.

Death of Steven Biko while in detention

Sep 12, 1977

Realese of Nelson Mandela.

Feb 11, 1990

Nelson Mandela, who, 26 years earlier, was sentenced to life enprisonment, got released.

Complete Abolition of the Apartheid Law

Jun 30, 1991

Total abolition of Apartheid

Jun 30, 1991

First multiracial election

Apr 27, 1994

Hinauguration of Nelson Mandela elected by a large majority at the head of the state.

May 10, 1994