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First action by the armed organization Umkhonto we Sizwe against Apartheid in South Africa

63
years ago

16 December 1961,

The armed organization Umkhonto we Sizwe against Apartheid in South Africa took its first action against government facilities. The organization was created by Nelson Mandela and Joe Slovo, among others, and was the armed arm of the ANC. In the 1980s, numerous explosives were installed and also assisted by the IRA. It was dissolved in 1990.

On this day
1770The composer Ludwig van Beethoven is born in the German city of Bonn
1871Louise Michel, revolutionary and member of the Paris Community, was tried in Paris
1972Portuguese soldiers provoked the Wiriyamu massacre of Mozambican civilians
2016Five people from Luhuson tried to disable ETA weapons to help overcome the disarmament blockade

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1961-01-17
Patrice Lumumba was killed under the coup d'état sponsored by Belgium and the US, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo
1961-01-23
One aircraft accidentally released two nuclear bombs in North Carolina.
1961-03-27
Javier Batarrita Elexpuru is killed by the Spanish Civil Guard in the Bilbao Bolueta
1961-04-12
The Soviet Juri Gagarin came into space, the first man to achieve it.
1961-04-15
U.S. CIA Agency Makes Attempt to Invade Castro on Girón Beach in Cuba
1961-07-18
Venezuelan Maria Mercedes Antxeta was arrested in San Sebastian by Francoists, being tortured by Meliton Manzanas
1961-07-18
ETA tried to do its first major task: to get off the road a train carrying former Francoist soldiers
1961-10-17
French police killed over 200 Algerians in Paris during a peaceful demonstration
1961-10-27
On both sides of the Berlin Wall's 'Checkpoint Charlie' checkpoint, the Soviet and American tanks stood in front of each other.
1961-12-16
First action by the armed organization Umkhonto we Sizwe against Apartheid in South Africa
1961-12-22
Fidel Castro reveals that illiteracy was radicalized

This month's anniversaries:
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5
years ago
2019-12-17
The ruling of the De Miguel case was announced, the largest corruption case ever prosecuted in Araba, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa
10
years ago
2014-12-15
The Ertzaintza confronted in Gernika-Lumo the popular wall gathered to prevent the arrest of Jone Amézaga
10
years ago
2014-12-07
A former civil guard entered the Barcelona zoo in the lions cage and ended up seriously wounded
15
years ago
2009-12-28
The first marriage of two persons of the same sex in South America was held in Argentina
15
years ago
2009-12-13
Maialen Lujanbio won the txapela of the Bertsolaris National Championship
20
years ago
2004-12-31
Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Prime Minister, is beaten in the face by a worker
20
years ago
2004-12-26
A tsunami killed thousands in South Asia, most in Indonesia
20
years ago
2004-12-10
US journalist Gary Webb committed suicide
25
years ago
1999-12-23
Olentzero hung on the wall of Algeciras prison to free local prisoners
25
years ago
1999-12-12
30,000 tons of fuel were dumped by the oil tanker Erika on the Breton coast
30
years ago
1994-12-14
Thousands of people requested the Euskaldunization of the UPV/EHU in Vitoria-Gasteiz
35
years ago
1989-12-30
In the march of the Herrera de la Mancha, 12,000 people met in Madrid
35
years ago
1989-12-20
US invades Panama
40
years ago
1984-12-10
The Gay and Lesbian Mining Protection Association organized a festival in Britain to support the mining strike economically
40
years ago
1984-12-09
Manoli Arza Sueskun was seriously injured in Pamplona by the GAL
40
years ago
1984-12-03
At the Bhopal chemical plant, the early morning was one of the most serious accidents in the world, in India.
40
years ago
1984-12-02
In India, Bhopal chemical plant, the night of one of the most serious accidents in the world.
45
years ago
1979-12-15
Jesús Mari Leizaola, president of the Exile Government, returned to Euskal Herria
45
years ago
1979-12-13
The Basque prisoner was released from prison by Amnesty's decree: Fran Aldasoro
50
years ago
1974-12-23
One hundred Santa Claus reported Christmas marketing in Copenhagen and were arrested
50
years ago
1974-12-22
100 people reported unemployment and Christmas consumerism in Copenhagen
50
years ago
1974-12-18
Civil Guard murdered young man Mikel Salegi Urbieta in roadside control in San Sebastian
50
years ago
1974-12-17
ETA murdered two civil guards, one of them, the famous torturer
50
years ago
1974-12-11
The largest general strike of Franco took place in Hego Euskal Herria
55
years ago
1969-12-04
FBI killed Fred Hampton, one of the leaders of the Black Panthers
60
years ago
1964-12-24
Vietnam National Liberation Front attacked hotel Brinks
60
years ago
1964-12-02
Police arrested 800 people in the United States protesting solidarity with those convicted of distributing political literature
75
years ago
1949-12-21
Thomas Sankara is born in Burkina Faso
75
years ago
1949-12-03
The first edition of Euskera International Day was held at the initiative of Eusko Ikaskuntza
80
years ago
1944-12-10
Nine machines were killed in Catalonia by former civil guards and Francoist soldiers
80
years ago
1944-12-01
The French carried out the massacre in Senegal by France II. Fighting soldiers in MG
85
years ago
1939-12-29
Feminist psychiatrist and activist Madeleine Pelletier dies
90
years ago
1934-12-27
Mari Cruz Guruzeta dies, a midwife born in Aramaio and founder of Areatza Emakume Abertzale Batza
100
years ago
1924-12-06
Entering Bera, anarchists were executed in Pamplona seeking to rise up against Primo de Rivera
110
years ago
1914-12-25
I. British and German MG front soldiers made a spontaneous truce to celebrate Christmas together
135
years ago
1889-12-19
The Basque Country Nemesio Etxaniz Aranbarri was born in Azkoitia
165
years ago
1859-12-25
In Australia, 24 European rabbits were released and one of the fastest colonizations in history began.