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Henrik Verwoerd
Henrik Verwoerd was a journalist and politician turned prime minister of South Africa from 1958 to 1966.
Verwoerd is credited with introducing apartheid to South Africa and laws that diminished the power and livelihood of black South Africans.
On September 6, 1966, Verwoerd was assassinated by Dimitri Tsafendas.
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