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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. | ||