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The Europeans arrived in South Africa in 1488.
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The British took Cape Colony in battle. They now control South Africa.
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Apartheid began. Now South Africa is a divided nation.
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The African National Congress (ANC) was banned on this day. It become illegall to be at all involoved with them.
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On this day Nelson Mandela was arrested for being the leader of the ANC.
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The South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd was killed on this day.
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South Africa wasn't allowed to compete in the Winter Olympics held in Tokyo.
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More than 600 people were killed in this uprising.
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Mandela was released from prison on this date.
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An Interim Constitution is created in South Africa.
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The first democratic elections were held on this day. Apartheid was finally over.
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FW de Klerk, the new president, meets Mandela shortly before he is released from jail.
