Our printable calendar for june 1976 is provided below. Commemorated over 30 years later as youth day, an official holiday, it is the day that honours the deaths of hundreds of soweto schoolchildren, a day that changed the course of the countrys history. Mccall, rhythm heritage, johnnie taylor, the bellamy brothers, the sylvers, starland vocal band, the manhattans, kiki dee, wild cherry, walter murphy, rick dees, and chicago. Plate 1 courtesy of baileys african history archive baha. This year, it falls on a sunday, so monday june 17 becomes a public holiday. June 1976 calendar printable monthly calendar of june 1976. Brooks spector recalls his own connections with the events of.
On june 16, 1976, black high school children in soweto protested against the afrikaans medium decree of 1974 which forced the schools to use afrikaans as one african heritage a blog about african history, and heritage, through audio and video files. Given the particularity of this historical moment, julian browns the road to soweto. June 16 was the first day of what came to be called the soweto uprising. June 16 soweto uprising timeline timetoast timelines. When highschool students in soweto started protesting for better education on 16 june 1976, police responded with teargas and live bullets. The soweto uprising was the beginning of a new era in south africa.
June, 1976 was the 165 th day of the year 1976 in the gregorian calendar. Jun 16, 2014 today our nation commemorates the 38th anniversary of the students uprising of june 16, 1976. The response of the organisations in exile can be understood in the context of the events that took place on the day. June 16, 1976 changed the working life of sa journalists. List of billboard hot 100 numberone singles of 1976 wikipedia. Telling soweto, june 16, 1976the appropriation of the peoples story into official histories. Jun 15, 2016 the june 16, 1976 soweto uprising is a key milestone in the quest for black liberation in south africa. June 16th 1976 in soweto has played a significant role in. On june 16, 1976, over 20,000 school children took part in protests which left over 700 dead the official numbers say 176, but we all know that this number could not be further from the truth. This is a silk screened poster in black and cream created by kathlehong residents in 1986.
It was 1976, the apartheid era in south africa a government edict was issued stating that afrikaans would be the universal language of instruction in black schools. This chapter has presented the events of june 16, 1976, in soweto and elsewhere around south africa from the perspective of witnesses and participants defined in the broadest way so as to include a spectrum of people, including policemen and other government officials. The soweto uprising the south african democracy education trust. The soweto uprising was a series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children in south africa that began on the morning of 16 june 1976 students from numerous sowetan schools began to protest in the streets of soweto in response to the introduction of afrikaans as the medium of instruction in local schools. June 16 marks the commemoration of national youth day in south africa.
June 16, 2018 as the country commemorates 41 years of the 16 june 1976 uprising this month, here are some interesting facts about the day that changed the sociopolitical landscape of the country. Alistair boddyevans is a teacher and african history scholar with more than 25 years of experience. There were 198 days remaining until the end of the year. But it would take almost two decades before apartheid finally fell. The bittker family also owned dairy farms around cobbs hill and red wing stadium. June 16 simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. On 16 june 1976 about 20 000 students marched in protest against afrikaans as a medium of instruction. The next time you can reuse your old 1976 calendar will be in 2032. The june 16 1976 uprising that began in soweto and spread countrywide profoundly changed the sociopolitical landscape in south africa. Contrary to frantz fanons observation that each generation must out of relative obscurity discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, the children of soweto were discovered by history. June 1976 i n t rod q c t ion pursuant to section 19. Famous people born on this day include camille martens and marlon devonish.
According to history sa website, events that triggered the uprising can be traced back to the policies of the apartheid government that resulted in. The soweto uprising was a series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children in south africa that began on the morning of 16 june 1976. On 16 june 1976 the uprising that began in soweto and spread throughout south africa changed the countrys sociopolitical landscape. Young men taunt police photographers in soweto in june 1976. The romulus roman is the paper record for the town of romulus, michigan. This file contains the full text of the roman from june 1976. The events were rooted in apartheid policies that resulted in the introduction of the bantu education act in 1953. On that bright morning, 10,000 20,000 black students walked from their schools to orlando stadium for a peaceful rally against the use of afrikaans, the oppressors language, in school. This is the day the country reflects on the massacre of school children during the soweto uprising of 1976. Electricity 17 by harry mileaf, june 1976, sams edition, paperback 2nd revision edition. The day of the week was wednesday if you are trying to learn spanish then this day of the week in spanish is miercoles. Big trees river, 3816n, 12016w, 12 june 1976, by im smith, ims760099. Blank june calendar and june holidays 1976 are also available. Images of the police firing on peacefully demonstrating.
It took one day for young south africans to change the course of the countrys history. It was tuesday, under the sign of gemini see birth chart on june 1, 1976. June 16, 1976 was a wednesday and it was the 168 th day of the year 1976. The cillie commission of inquiry into the riots in soweto on 16 june 1976 holds its first public hearing in johannesburg.
It features drawings of people demonstrating at kathlehong and people demonstrating around three coffins. Freedom is coming, tomorrow by j brooks spector 16 june 2016 in commemoration of june 16, 1976, j. The soweto uprising and its immediate causes karibu a. Apartheid south africa and the soweto rebellion pdf. There are 198 days remaining until the end of the year. They were protesting against the afrikaans medium decree of 1974 which forced tuition to be given in a 5050 split between english and afrikaans in schools. For more information, or for access to the roman on hard drive, please contact the romulus public library. June 16, 1976 changed the working life of sa journalists enca television anchor, freek robinson was a junior reporter at the south african broadcasting corporation sabc television at the time. Pdf thirteen new species of north american testudacarus torrenticolidae.
On june 16, 1775, george washington was appointed commander in chief of the continental army by the second continental congress. The studentled protests in soweto known as the soweto uprising claimed about 23 lives in soweto. Jun 15, 2015 on 16 june 1976 the uprising that began in soweto and spread throughout south africa changed the countrys sociopolitical landscape. Commemorated over 30 years later as youth day, an official holiday, it is the day. Jun 16, 2006 in south africa, we carried with us the scars of june 16, 1976. He recalled that at the end of the first day of the uprising on june 16, 1976, the newsroom was fully aware that the schoolchildren were marching. The 16 june 1976 soweto students uprising as it happened. The us president was gerald ford republican, the uk prime minister was james callaghan labour, pope st paul vi was leading the catholic church.
Browse historical events, famous birthdays and notable deaths from jun 1976 or search by date, day or keyword. We also have a number of other calendars and planners in web and pdf formats available farther down the page. June 16, 1976 uprising, students relives that day youtube. That same day, the congress authorized the creation of the post of chief engineer for the army, in anticipation of upcoming battles with british forces. You can create online monthly calendar june 1976 with holidays. It is a day violently etched on the south african collective conscience. It was saturday, under the sign of gemini see birth chart on june 12, 1976.
In that special week of june people in us were listening to love hangover by diana ross. Jul 14, 2015 it is a day violently etched on the south african collective conscience. June 16 is the 167th day of the year 168th in leap years in the gregorian calendar. The aftermath of the events of june 16 1976 had dire consequences for the apartheid government. June 16, 1976 was the 168 th day of the year 1976 in the gregorian calendar. Oct 05, 2008 using pictures from mozambique and other african countries such as the swimming pool and hotel show you are racists and choose your own bits of history to make your bile add up. These are the billboard magazine hot 100 number one hits of 1976 that year, acts earn their first number one songs, such as the bay city rollers, c. It is commemorated today by a south african national holiday, youth day, which honors all the young. The day of the week was sunday if you are trying to learn japanese then this day of the week in japanese is nichiyobi. The goldstein family had been in rochester since the 1890s. Pdf systematics of testudacarine torrent mites acari. The june 16 soweto youth uprising south african history online.