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![Patrice Lumumba in 1960 [theafricareport.com]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Individuals/patriceLumumbaSpeech.jpg)
Congo Crisis (1960)June 30th, 1960
On this day in 1960, the Republic of the Congo became independent from Belgian colonizers, beginning a four year period of civil war which killed approximately 100,000 people, including the country's first Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba.
Image: Patrice Lumumba in 1960 [theafricareport.com]
![An of-the-era white interpretation of what happened at the Burrangong goldfields, "Might versus Right", by Samuel Thomas Gill, c.1862-1863. Photograph: Samuel Thomas Gill/State Library of NSW [theguardian.com]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/lambingFlatRiots.jpg)
Lambing Flat Riots (1860 - 1861)June 30th, 1861
On this day in 1861, the worst violence of the Australian Lambing Flat Riots occurred when a mob of 3,000 white people attacked 2,000 Chinese miners and drove them off the Lambing Flat, destroying and looting their encampments.
Image: An of-the-era white interpretation of what happened at the Burrangong goldfields, "Might versus Right", by Samuel Thomas Gill, c.1862-1863. Photograph: Samuel Thomas Gill/State Library of NSW [theguardian.com]