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*January 3 - [[Robert Mugabe]] and the [[ZANU-PF|Zimbabwe African National Union]] initiate the ''[[Gukurahundi]]'', a series of violent ethnic massacres and [[pogrom]]s designed to quell dissent among the Ndebele tribe. | *January 3 - [[Robert Mugabe]] and the [[ZANU-PF|Zimbabwe African National Union]] initiate the ''[[Gukurahundi]]'', a series of violent ethnic massacres and [[pogrom]]s designed to quell dissent among the Ndebele tribe. | ||
*July 10 - Martial law in Poland is lifted. | *July 10 - Martial law in Poland is lifted. | ||
*July 23 - The Sri Lankan Civil War begins when the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] begin an insurgency to create an independent state of Tamil Eelam. | |||
*August 8 - [[Efraín Ríos Montt]] is deposed as President of Guatemala in a coup lead by [[Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores]]. | *August 8 - [[Efraín Ríos Montt]] is deposed as President of Guatemala in a coup lead by [[Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores]]. | ||
*December 10 - The [[National Reorganization Process]] junta of Argentina is dissolved. | *December 10 - The [[National Reorganization Process]] junta of Argentina is dissolved. | ||