Steve Biko killed in custody
September 12, 1977
The young South African activist and founder of the Black Consciousness Movement was beaten to death by security police in Port Elizabeth, then driven naked in the back of a Land Rover to Pretoria, where he died on the floor of a cell. The minister of justice said his death left him cold. It did not leave the world cold.
In context
Also in 1977 (4 other events on record)
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- Apple II and Star Wars · North America · Culture
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- New York blackout · North America · Disaster
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Era
Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.
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