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MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · April 10

THE DAY IN HISTORY · APRIL 10

April 10 in history

1993 — The Hani assassination

10 Apr 1993 — A white extremist murders Chris Hani, the popular Communist and MK leader, hoping to ignite a race war. Mandela — not the state president — calms the country on television. The transition holds by a thread.

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