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Events

Cold War 1947-03-12 - 1991-12-26
Apartheid 1948-05-26 - 1994-04-27
Decolonisation of Africa 1951-12-24 - 1975-11-11
Mau Mau uprising 1952-10-07 - 1960-01-12
Civil rights movement 1954-05-17 - 1968-08-01
Algerian War of Independence 1954-11-01 - 1962-03-19
Space Race 1955-07-30 - 1969-07-16
Vietnam War 1955-11-01 - 1975-04-30
Sino-Soviet split 1956 - 1966
Great Leap Forward 1958-01-01 - 1962-01-01
Great Chinese Famine 1959-01-01 - 1961-12-31
Challe Plan 1959-02-01 - 1961-04-01

People

Arturo Armando Molina age 31
Themba Nhlanganiso Masuku age 8
Cleopas Dlamini age 7
Bailey Olter age 27
Julien Nkoghe Békale age 9 months
Ioannis Sarmas age 2
Jocelerme Privert age 6
Steingrímur Steinþórsson age 66
Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson age 64
Robert Beugré Mambé age 7
Seydou Diarra age 25
Hani al-Mulki age 7
Bajram Rexhepi age 4
Ahmed Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah age 3
Zhantoro Satybaldiyev age 3
Māris Gailis age 7
Ali Tarhouni age 8
Mustafa Ben Halim age 38
Bronislovas Lubys age 20
Aleksandras Abišala age 3
Cécile Manorohanta age 9
Modibo Keita age 16
Choguel Kokalla Maïga age 1
Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga age 4
Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici age 25
Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly age 16
Valeriu Muravschi age 9
Ion Ciubuc age 15
Azzeddine Laraki age 30
Ahmed Laraki age 27
Kirti Nidhi Bista age 32
Man Mohan Adhikari age 38
Adolfo Díaz age 83
Thomas Remengesau age 27
Carlos Mota Pinto age 22
Dominique Mbonyumutwa age 38
Habib Thiam age 26
Frank Kabui age 13
Ramsewak Shankar age 21
Fred Ramdat Misier age 32
Kurt Furgler age 34
René Felber age 26
Philipp Etter age 67
Adel Safar age 6
Hau Pei-tsun age 39
Salim Ahmed Salim age 17
Bonfoh Abass age 10
Rachid Sfar age 25
Valentyn Symonenko age 18
Alberto Demicheli age 62
Walter Lini age 17
Edward Babiuch age 31
Eric Arturo Delvalle age 22
Higinio Morínigo age 62
Nie Rongzhen age 59
Arthur Goldberg age 50
Clark Clifford age 52
Robert A. Lovett age 63
Mohammad Rabbani age 3
Ylli Bufi age 10
Mehdi Frashëri age 87
Ali ibn Flais age 14
Youssef Yousfi age 17
Hrant Bagratyan age 7 months
Simon Vratsian age 77
A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury age 26
Abu Sayeed Chowdhury age 38
Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem age 43
Moudud Ahmed age 19
Errol Barrow age 39
Hyenadz Navitski age 10
Kinzang Dorji age 8
Juan Pereda age 27
Mamerto Urriolagoitía age 63
Zhan Videnov age 2 months
Stefan Sofiyanski age 7
Paramanga Ernest Yonli age 2
Penn Nouth age 53
Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye age 9
Bruno Tshibala age 3
Carlos Arroyo age 65
Tesfaye Genre Kidan age 22
Timoci Bavadra age 24
Penaia Ganilau age 40
Urho Castrén age 72
Casimir Oyé-Mba age 17
Otar Patsatsia age 30
Hudson Austin age 21
Bah Oury age 1
Paul Magloire age 51
Jacques-Édouard Alexis age 11
Lajos Dinnyés age 58
Björn Þórðarson age 80
Hugh Shearer age 36
Adnan Badran age 23
Mudar Badran age 25
Akejan Kajegeldin age 7
Sergey Tereshchenko age 8
Phoumi Vongvichit age 50
Guntars Krasts age 1
Mamohato of Lesotho age 18
Albertas Šimėnas age 9
Omer Beriziky age 8
Jean Ravelonarivo age 1 month
Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga age 1
Paul Boffa age 68
Mustafa Ould Salek age 23
Mohammed Ben Aarafa age 73
Mário da Graça Machungo age 18
Adriano Maleiane age 9
Norman Kirk age 36
Hong Song-nam age 29
Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani age 1
Isidore Mvouba age 5
Alexandru Athanasiu age 4
Jean Kambanda age 3
Marcella Liburd age 5
Ján Čarnogurský age 15
Josip Vidmar age 63
Johan Kraag age 45
Alphons Egli age 34
Leon Schlumpf age 34
Rashidi Kawawa age 33
Hédi Baccouche age 29
Sadi Irmak age 55
Filoimea Telito age 14
Andrés Martínez Trueba age 75
Luis Batlle Berres Pérez age 61
Utkir Tukhtamurodovich Sultonov age 19
Harmodio Arias Madrid age 72
Natalicio González age 61
Rafael Franco age 62
Abdirizak Haji Hussein age 34
Lee Beom-seok age 58
Babiker Awadalla age 42
César Villanueva age 12
Rosario Fernández age 3
Xu Xiangqian age 57
Seán Lester age 70
Donald Regan age 40
Lyman Lemnitzer age 59
Raymond T. Odierno age 4
Nicholas F. Brady age 29
Zeng Qinghong age 19
Rong Yiren age 43
Nicholas Katzenbach age 37
Enrique Peralta Azurdia age 50
Ibrahim Biçakçiu age 53
Redha Malek age 27
Abdelmalek Benhabyles age 38
Lúcio Lara age 30
Mohammad Mohammadullah age 37
Elliott Belgrave age 28
Mikhail Chyhir age 10
Syarhei Linh age 22
Celso Torrelio age 25
Alberto Natusch age 26
David Toro age 60
Lyuben Berov age 33
Prince Louis Rwagasore of Burundi age 27
Daniel Oduber Quirós age 37
Teodoro Picado Michalski age 59
Franjo Gregurić age 19
Hrvoje Šarinić age 24
Carlos Manuel Piedra age 64
Joseph Iléo age 37
Eliud Williams age 10
Antonio Imbert Barrera age 38
Atef Sedki age 28
Ali Lutfi Mahmud age 23
Álvaro Magaña age 33
Mahendra Chaudhry age 17
Nii Amaa Ollennu age 53
Konstantinos Kollias age 58
Panagiotis Pipinelis age 60
Eric Gairy age 37
Kabiné Komara age 9
Cellou Dalein Diallo age 7
Evans Paul age 3
Jean-Jacques Honorat age 28
Juan Manuel Gálvez age 71
Ali Sastroamidjojo age 56
Sa'dun Hammadi age 28
Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio age 8
Howard Cooke age 43
Zeid bin Shaker age 24
Ieremia Tabai age 9
Ishenbai Kadyrbekov age 9
Sisavath Keobounphanh age 31
Augusts Kirhenšteins age 86
Valdis Birkavs age 16
Abdul Ati al-Obeidi age 19
George Borg Olivier age 47
Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar age 1
Ahmed Bahnini age 50
Mohammed Karim Lamrani age 40
Maati Bouabid age 31
Ahmed Osman age 29
Khin Nyunt age 19
San Yu age 41