Historical Person

Hector Pieterson

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Hector Pieterson

Gender: Male

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Students launch the Soweto uprising

📅 16 June 1976

Thousands of school students marched against compulsory Afrikaans instruction and Bantu Education. Police opened fire, killing Hector Pieterson, Hastings Ndlovu and others, and the revolt spread...