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==Events== | ==Events== | ||
*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. The [[Military Council of National Salvation]] is disbanded. | ||
*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. | *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 4 - [[Thomas Sankara]] comes to power in Upper Volta following a successful coup. | *August 4 - [[Thomas Sankara]] comes to power in Upper Volta following a successful coup. | ||
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Events
- January 3 - Robert Mugabe and the Zimbabwe African National Union initiate the Gukurahundi, a series of violent ethnic massacres and pogroms designed to quell dissent among the Ndebele tribe.
- July 10 - Martial law in Poland is lifted. The Military Council of National Salvation is disbanded.
- 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 4 - Thomas Sankara comes to power in Upper Volta following a successful coup.
- 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.
Births
Villain births
- January 22 - Robert Steinhäuser
- March 17 - Martin Shkreli
- July 1 - Michael Carneal
- July 21 - Kellen Winslow II
- July 31 - Augustus Sol Invictus
- August 20 - Dmitry Vinogradov
- August 21 - Yukio Yamaji
- September 22 - Jason Kessler
- December 10 - Simon Lindberg
Victim births
- January 6 - Kelly Fleming
- February 19 - Matthew Kechter
- March 7 - Richard Pearlman (9/11 Victim)
- May 3 - Randy Gordon (Santana High School shooting victim)
- June 25 - Daniel Mauser
- July 13 - Brandon Armstrong (First Child of Susan Eubanks)
- August 6 - Ebony Simpson
Deaths
Villain deaths
- July 16 - Michel Micombero
Victim deaths
- May 19 - Cheryl Downs
- August 21 - Benigno Aquino Jr.