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Sharpeville massacre — shooting by police on 21 March 1960 in Sharpeville, South Africa

March 21, 1960

Quick Facts

Year
1960
Category
general

Timeline Context

Timeline around 19601960195719581959196119621963Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics — athletics events at the OlympicsBasketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics — olympics 1960 CompetitionBeatlemania — intense fan frenzy for the British pop group The BeatlesCounterculture of the 1960s — cultural phenomenon that developed first in the United States and United Kingdom and spread throughout much of the Western world between the early 1960s and the early 1970s1960s — decade of the 1960s (1960-1969)1960 Summer Olympics medal tableHippie — person associated with 1960s counterculture1960 Formula One season — sports seasonsharpeville-massacre-shooting-by-police-on-21-march-1960-i-1960