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He became South Africa's first Black president. He was also part of a resistance against the Apartheid policies after 1948.
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During World War II, 6 million Jews were exterminated by Hitler's Nazi regime. Millions of other civilians were forced into concentration camps, subjected to ‘medical' experiments, starved, brutalised and murdered.
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Britain withdrew its control over India & it and Pakistan became a separate, independent, democratic nation after nearly 200 years of being ruled by the British.
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In Palais de Chaillot, France. There are 30 articles.
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African Americans boycott the buses and bus segregation is stopped.
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Nationalist forces trying to unite Vietnam under a Communist Government, whilst the USA tried to stop the spread on Communism.
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At least 69 people were killed when police fired at demonstrators who were protesting against the pass laws in Sharpeville, SA.
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The Hue Massacre is the name given to the executions and mass killings conducted by the North Vietnamese Army during the capture and withdrawal from the City of Hue.
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US Army troops murdered between 347-504 civilians in My Lai, South Vietnam during the war.
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He spoke out for the justice and equality to the African American people and the end of the laws that allowed racial discrimination.
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Thousands of students protested against having to learn both English and Afrikaans at school. 200-700 people died.
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Australian Parliament apologises to the Stolen Generation.