Sharpeville massacre
{'<entity_0>': 'Sharpeville massacre', '<entity_1>': 'South Africa', '<entity_2>': '21 March 1960', '<entity_3>': 'Sharpeville', '<entity_4>': 'massacre', '<entity_5>': '69'}
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The <entity_0> occurred on <entity_2>, at the police station in the <entity_1> township of <entity_3> in Transvaal (today part of Gauteng). The <entity_1> Police opened fire on the crowd, killing <entity_5> people and injuring 180 others. In present-day <entity_1>, <entity_2> is celebrated as a public holiday in honour of human rights and to commemorate the <entity_0>. <entity_3> marked a turning point in <entity_1>'s history; the country found itself increasingly isolated in the international community. Since 1994, <entity_2> has been commemorated as Human Rights Day in <entity_1>. <entity_3> was the site selected by President Nelson Mandela for the signing into law of the Constitution of <entity_1> on 10 December 1996. On <entity_2> 2002, the 42nd anniversary of the <entity_4>, a memorial was opened by former President Nelson Mandela as part of the <entity_3> Human Rights Precinct. UNESCO marks <entity_2> as the yearly International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, in memory of the <entity_4>.
['massacre']