Apartheid
1948–1994 · Event
South Africa's system of institutionalised racial segregation, from the National Party's 1948 victory to the first multiracial elections.
On these timelines: The Fall of Apartheid, Master, Sub-Saharan Africa
More from The Fall of Apartheid
- Soweto uprising (1976)
- Sharpeville massacre (1960)
- Mandela imprisoned (Rivonia Trial) (1964)
- The National Party wins on apartheid (1948)
- Mandela inaugurated as President (1994)
- The Freedom Charter (1955)
- De Klerk takes power (1989)
- Steve Biko killed in detention (1977)
Around 1948
- Korean War (1950)
- Chinese Civil War (resumed) (1945)
- Decolonisation of Africa (1952)
- Berlin Airlift (1948)
- Battle of Britain (1940)
- Suez Crisis (1956)
- World War II (1939)
- Battle of Stalingrad (1942)
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- Manhattan Project (1942)