2/2 and now he is going out having orchestrated authoritarianism; B.J. Vorster, before him, once asked for six months to remove apartheid....
https://t.co/nzv4c1bMZc
20 June 1989 - Stockholm. 1/2
"On what basis can we take seriously the statements by de Klerk, as he aspires to the presidency, that the National Party has recognised that the time has come for apartheid to go? Have we not heard this before? P.W. Botha promised "power-sharing",
20 June 1989 - Stockholm. 1/2
"On what basis can we take seriously the statements by de Klerk, as he aspires to the presidency, that the National Party has recognised that the time has come for apartheid to go? Have we not heard this before? P.W. Botha promised "power-sharing",
20 June 1973 – Snipers fire upon left-wing Peronists in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in what is known as the Ezeiza massacre. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured.
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19 June 2012 – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange requests asylum in London's Ecuadorian Embassy fearing extradition to the US after publication of previously classified documents including footage of civilian killings by the US army.
https://t.co/6OjgCGqKPa
2/2 It was a devastating piece of segregationist legislation passed by the Union Parliament. It legally restricted Black South Africans from buying, leasing, or occupying land outside of specifically designated "native reserves"
19 June 1913 – Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented. It was aimed at regulating the acquisition of land. It largely prohibited the sale of land from whites to blacks and vice-versa.
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19 June 1913 – Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented. It was aimed at regulating the acquisition of land. It largely prohibited the sale of land from whites to blacks and vice-versa.
https://t.co/6OjgCGqKPa
Excellent interview tracing the roots of the current anti-migrant mobilisation, genuine grievances which are being exploited because they remain unadddressed, and the history from apartheid to the present of vigilante movements.
18 June 2023 – Titan, a submersible operated by OceanGate Expeditions, imploded while attempting to view the wreck of the Titanic, killing all 5 people on board incl. OceanGate co-founder and CEO Stockton Rush in the North Atlantic Ocean https://t.co/G3C6Z6Mjts
18 June 1953 – The Egyptian revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt. https://t.co/MHJIQZ8nlD
18 June 1837 – St. Joseph Mutiny: African soldiers in the 1st West India Regiment – led by former slave trader Daaga – launched a rebellion in the British colony of Trinidad in an attempt to escape to Africa
https://t.co/G3C6Z6MRj0
17 June 1877 – American Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon: The Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory.
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17 June 1795 – The burghers of Swellendam expel the Dutch East India Company magistrate and declare a republic. It is the third-oldest town in South Africa (after Cape Town and Stellenbosch), situated in the Western Cape province. https://t.co/HMlHjwkv5x
17 June 1631 – Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal. https://t.co/HMlHjwkv5x