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1956 in South Africa

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1956
in
South Africa

Decades:
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The following lists events that happened during 1956 in South Africa.

Incumbents

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Events

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February
March
August
December
Unknown date
  • Lillian Masediba Ngoyi is elected president of the Federation of South African Women.
  • Lillian Masediba Ngoyi becomes the first woman to be elected to the African National Congress National Executive Committee.
  • Segregation is introduced on buses.
  • Albert Lutuli is arrested.

Births

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Deaths

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Sports

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References

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  1. ^ Rita M. Byrnes, ed. (1997). South Africa: A Country Study, 3rd addition. Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. p. 322.