Category
page 1Massacres in 1960
Sharpeville massacre
shooting by police on 21 March 1960 in Sharpeville, South Africa
April Revolution
popular uprising in South Korea in April 1960 by labor and student groups, precipitated by the killing of a high school student by a tear-gas shell in March; led to the resignation of the president S. Rhee and the transition to the Second Republic
December 1960 demonstrations in Algeria
Algerian protests