| − | On March 21, 1960, the Sharpeville massacre began when South African police fired on a group of protesters killing 69 people and wounding 180. The massacre occurred in the township of Sharpeville in, what is now the Gauteng province. | + | On March 21, 1960 [[South Africa]]n police fired on a group of black anti-[[apartheid]] protesters, killing 69 people and wounding 180. The massacre occurred in the township of Sharpeville in what is now the Gauteng province. |