{"slug": "namibia", "label": "Namibia", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1030", "qid": "Q1030", "description": "country in Southern Africa", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1487, 1992], "span_label": ["1487 CE", "1992 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "angola", "label": "Angola", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "south-africa", "label": "South Africa", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1487, "year_label": "1487 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "December 8", "text": "December 8 – Bartolomeu Dias and his crew, sailing southward along the African coast in the caravels São Cristóvão and São Pantaleão arrive at what is now Namibia's Walvis Bay, which Dias calls O Golfo de Santa Maria da Conceição.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366465965#October–December", "title": "1487", "revid": 1366465965, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1905, "year_label": "1905 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 23", "text": "April 23 – German General Lothar von Trotha commander of troops in Germany's colony of Südwestafrika (modern-day Namibia), orders the extermination of the Nama people within the colony's borders, ultimately killing 10,000. Von Trotha's proclamation Aan de oorlogvorende Namastamme, proclaims that \"The Nama who chooses not to surrender and lets himself be seen in German territory will be shot, until all are exterminated.\"", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373341358#April", "title": "1905", "revid": 1373341358, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1942, "year_label": "1942 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "November 29", "text": "November 29 – The Blue Star Line cargo liner MV Dunedin Star runs aground on the Skeleton Coast of Namibia. Crew and passengers survive, following a 26-day overland trek to Windhoek.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372873908#November", "title": "1942", "revid": 1372873908, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1983, "year_label": "1983 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 24", "text": "August 24 – South Africa announces \"all outstanding issues\" preventing independence for South West Africa (present-day Namibia) have been resolved, except for the continuing presence of 23,000 Cuban troops in neighboring Angola.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366392977#August", "title": "1983", "revid": 1366392977, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1988, "year_label": "1988 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "February 17", "text": "February 17 – 1988 Oshakati bomb blast: A bomb explodes outside the First National Bank in Oshakati, Namibia, killing 27 and injuring 70.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373532411#February", "title": "1988", "revid": 1373532411, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1992, "year_label": "1992 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "February 28", "text": "February 28 – Ownership of the port town of Walvis Bay is transferred from South Africa to Namibia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368521010#February", "title": "1992", "revid": 1368521010, "section": "Events › February"}}]}