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On this day — October 28

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Date Country Organization Title
7 November 1962 South Africa African National Congress Mandela receives a five-year sentence
5 August 1962 South Africa African National Congress Mandela is arrested near Howick
11 January 1962 South Africa African National Congress Mandela leaves South Africa on an international mission for the liberation movement
16 December 1961 South Africa African National Congress Umkhonto we Sizwe begins sabotage campaign against state infrastructure
31 May 1961 South Africa African National Congress Republic declared as the ANC stay-at-home concludes
29 May 1961 South Africa African National Congress ANC calls a three-day stay-at-home against the proposed white republic
29 March 1961 South Africa African National Congress Treason Trial defendants are acquitted after a four-year prosecution
8 April 1960 South Africa African National Congress Government bans the ANC and Pan Africanist Congress
30 March 1960 South Africa African National Congress Government declares a state of emergency and detains activists
28 March 1960 South Africa African National Congress ANC calls a nationwide stay-at-home after the Sharpeville massacre
21 March 1960 South Africa African National Congress Police kill protesters at Sharpeville during a PAC-led anti-pass action
6 April 1959 South Africa African National Congress Africanists form the Pan Africanist Congress
16 April 1958 South Africa African National Congress South Africa holds a whites-only general election
1 April 1957 South Africa African National Congress PUTCO agrees to restore the previous fare after the bus boycott
7 January 1957 South Africa African National Congress Alexandra commuters organise a bus boycott against a fare increase
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