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Events

Cold War 1947-03-12 - 1991-12-26
Apartheid 1948-05-26 - 1994-04-27
Guatemalan Civil War 1960-11-13 - 1996-12-29
South African Border War 1966-08-26 - 1990-03-21
The Troubles 1968-10-05 - 1998-04-10
Lebanese Civil War 1975-04-13 - 1990-10-13
Spanish transition to democracy 1975-11-20 - 1982-10-28
Islamist uprising in Syria 1976-05-31 - 1982-02-28
Cambodian–Vietnamese War 1978-12-21 - 1989-09-26
Iran hostage crisis 1979-11-04 - 1981-01-20

People

Nicolás Lindley López age 71
Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke age 19
Abdiweli Mohamed Ali age 14
Mohamed Hussein Roble age 16
Denis Bećirović age 4
Richard O'Connor age 90
Charles Q. Brown Jr. age 17
John Shalikashvili age 43
Michael Mukasey age 38
He Yingqin age 89
Abderrahmane Farès age 68
Marc Forné Molné age 32
Vazgen Manukyan age 33
John Kerr age 65
Isa Gambar age 22
Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad age 61
Alexander Turchyn age 4
Manuel Esquivel age 39
Sangay Ngedup age 26
Wálter Guevara age 67
David Padilla age 52
Enrique Hertzog age 82
Guido Vildoso age 42
Andrey Gyurov age 3
Marin Raykov age 19
Luc-Adolphe Tiao age 25
Apollinaire Joachim Kyélem de Tambèla age 21
Ephraïm Inoni age 32
Lol Mahamat Choua age 40
Josip Manolić age 59
Fabián Alarcón age 32
John Haglelgam age 30
Naiqama Lalabalavu age 25
Tengiz Sigua age 45
Adamantios Androutsopoulos age 60
Mohamed Said Fofana age 27
Ibrahima Kassory Fofana age 25
Aristides Gomes age 25
Ansumane Mané age 39
Moses Nagamootoo age 32
Martial Célestin age 66
Carlos Roberto Flor age 29
Carlos Roberto Reina age 53
Mohammad Natsir age 71
Nizar Amidi age 11
Abdelsalam al-Majali age 54
Bujar Bukoshi age 32
Nexhat Daci age 35
Jakup Krasniqi age 28
Nikolai Tanayev age 34
Sapar Isakov age 2
Igor Chudinov age 18
Indulis Emsis age 27
Irena Degutienė age 30
Jacques Sylla age 33
Moctar Ouane age 24
Norovyn Altankhuyag age 21
Bernard Dowiyogo age 33
Tulsi Giri age 53
Silvia Cartwright age 36
Catherine Tizard age 48
Amadou Cheiffou age 37
Kim Il age 69
Ljubčo Georgievski age 13
Hari Kostov age 20
Alfredo Nobre da Costa age 56
Valentine Strasser age 12
Henk Chin A Sen age 45
Kaspar Villiger age 38
Luai al-Atassi age 53
Jorge Bom Jesus age 17
Chawalit Yongchaiyut age 47
Basdeo Panday age 46
Youssef Chahed age 4
Maatia Toafa age 25
Bazilio Olara-Okello age 50
Paulo Muwanga age 55
Valerii Pustovoitenko age 32
Bob Loughman age 18
Octavio Lepage age 56
Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed age 2
Abdul Qadir Bajamal age 33
Ali Muhammad Mujawar age 26
Ali Mohammed Ghedi age 27
Hamza Abdi Barre age 7
Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri age 42
Lee Ju-ho age 18
Sadiq al-Mahdi age 44
Ana Jara age 11
Hsiao Bi-khim age 8
Robert Bork age 52
Otto Hofmann age 83
Abdul Kabir age 21
Adil Çarçani age 57
Noureddine Bedoui age 19
Peter Hollingworth age 44
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir age 31
Elmira Minita Gordon age 48
Khandu Wangchuk age 29
Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas age 54
Ognyan Gerdzhikov age 33
Gilbert Diendéré age 19
Nicolas Tiangaye age 23
Henri-Marie Dondra age 13
Pascal Yoadimnadji age 29
Zlatko Mateša age 30
Ignacio Milam Tang age 39
Themba Dlamini age 29
Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet age 18
Stefanos Stefanopoulos age 81
Spiridon Markezinis age 70
Sékouba Konaté age 15
Carlos Correia age 46
Roberto Suazo Córdova age 52
Jóhann Hafstein age 64
Nader al-Dahabi age 33
Samir Rifai age 13
Teburoro Tito age 26
Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah age 24
Omurbek Babanov age 9
Kubatbek Boronov age 15
Boun Oum age 68
Einars Repše age 18
Charles Helou age 66
Abdullah al-Thani age 25
Shukri Ghanem age 37
Justas Paleckis age 80
Charles Rabemananjara age 32
Albert Camille Vital age 27
Imata Kabua age 36
Chimediin Saikhanbileg age 10
Gombojavyn Zandanshatar age 9
Alberto Vaquina age 18
Saw Maung age 50
Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt age 79
Kim Jae-ryong age 20
Nikola Kljusev age 52
José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo age 62
Anatole Collinet Makosso age 14
Gavril Dejeu age 47
Anastase Murekezi age 27
Théodore Sindikubwabo age 51
Timothy Harris age 15
Susan Dougan age 24
Otto Stich age 52
Arnold Koller age 46
Max Petitpierre age 80
Liu Chao-shiuan age 36
Lin Chuan age 28
Zhang Qun age 90
Rui Maria de Araújo age 15
Sarra Zaafrani age 16
Hichem Mechichi age 5
Ferit Melen age 73
Sir Iakoba Italeli age 29
Amama Mbabazi age 30
Serge Vohor age 24
Pham Hung age 67
Paulias Matane age 48
Abdiqasim Salad Hassan age 38
Borislav Paravac age 36
Jorge del Castillo age 29
John J. McCloy age 84
Christopher C. Miller age 14
W. Michael Blumenthal age 53
Sally Yates age 19
Peter Pace age 34
John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan age 32
Julio César Méndez Montenegro age 64
John N. Mitchell age 66
Òscar Ribas Reig age 43
Paulo Kassoma age 28
França Van-Dúnem age 45
James Carlisle age 42
Vere Bird age 69
Aram Sargsyan age 18
Ninian Stephen age 56
Abdus Sattar age 73
Uladzimier Yarmoshyn age 37
Dimitar Iliev Popov age 52
Georgi Bliznashki age 23
Gérard Kango Ouédraogo age 54
Tertius Zongo age 22
Gervais Ndirakobuca age 9
Abel Goumba age 53
Félix Moloua age 22
Emmanuel Nadingar age 28
Saleh Kebzabo age 32
Vladimir Bakarić age 67
Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy age 60
Otto Arosemena age 54
Arturo Armando Molina age 52
Vicente Ehate Tomi age 11
Themba Nhlanganiso Masuku age 29
Cleopas Dlamini age 27
Edeupa Yerimin age 6
Bailey Olter age 47
Julien Nkoghe Békale age 21
Giorgi Baramidze age 11
Ioannis Sarmas age 22