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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
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 - 1962
Cod Wars 1958-09-01 - 1976-06
Great Chinese Famine 1959 - 1961
Laotian Civil War 1959-05-23 - 1975-12-02
Sit-in movement 1960-02-01 - 1964
Congo Crisis 1960-07-05 - 1965-11-25
Guatemalan Civil War 1960-11-13 - 1996-12-29
Freedom Riders 1961-05-04 - 1961-12-10

People

Bruno Tshibala age 5
Carlos Arroyo age 67
Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea age 7 months
Tesfaye Genre Kidan age 24
Timoci Bavadra age 26
Penaia Ganilau age 43
Urho Castrén age 74
Casimir Oyé-Mba age 19
Otar Patsatsia age 32
Hudson Austin age 23
Bah Oury age 3
Paul Magloire age 54
Jacques-Édouard Alexis age 13
Björn Þórðarson age 82
Hugh Shearer age 38
Adnan Badran age 25
Mudar Badran age 27
Akejan Kajegeldin age 9
Sergey Tereshchenko age 10
Azim Isabekov age 1
Phoumi Vongvichit age 52
Guntars Krasts age 3
Mamohato of Lesotho age 20
Albertas Šimėnas age 11
Rivo Rakotovao age 1
Omer Beriziky age 10
Jean Ravelonarivo age 2
Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga age 3
Paul Boffa age 71
Mustafa Ould Salek age 25
Mohammed Ben Aarafa age 75
Mário da Graça Machungo age 20
Adriano Maleiane age 11
Norman Kirk age 38
Hong Song-nam age 31
Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani age 3
Isidore Mvouba age 7
Alexandru Athanasiu age 6
Jean Kambanda age 5
Marcella Liburd age 8
Johnny Paul Koroma age 1
Ján Čarnogurský age 17
Josip Vidmar age 65
Johan Kraag age 48
Alphons Egli age 36
Leon Schlumpf age 36
Rashidi Kawawa age 35
Hédi Baccouche age 31
Sadi Irmak age 57
Filoimea Telito age 16
Luis Batlle Berres Pérez age 63
Utkir Tukhtamurodovich Sultonov age 22
Harmodio Arias Madrid age 75
Bob Dadae age 5 months
Natalicio González age 64
Rafael Franco age 64
Abdirizak Haji Hussein age 36
Lee Beom-seok age 60
Babiker Awadalla age 44
César Villanueva age 15
Rosario Fernández age 5
Komi Klassou age 1
Xu Xiangqian age 59
Donald Regan age 42
Raymond T. Odierno age 6
Nicholas F. Brady age 31
Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia age 61
Zeng Qinghong age 22
Rong Yiren age 45
Nicholas Katzenbach age 39
Enrique Peralta Azurdia age 53
Ibrahim Biçakçiu age 56
Redha Malek age 29
Abdelmalek Benhabyles age 40
Lúcio Lara age 32
Mohammad Mohammadullah age 39
Elliott Belgrave age 30
Mikhail Chyhir age 13
Syarhei Linh age 24
Celso Torrelio age 28
Alberto Natusch age 28
David Toro age 63
Lyuben Berov age 35
Prince Louis Rwagasore of Burundi age 29
Daniel Oduber Quirós age 40
Franjo Gregurić age 21
Hrvoje Šarinić age 26
Carlos Manuel Piedra age 66
Joseph Iléo age 39
Eliud Williams age 13
Antonio Imbert Barrera age 40
Atef Sedki age 31
Ali Lutfi Mahmud age 25
Álvaro Magaña age 35
Mahendra Chaudhry age 19
Nii Amaa Ollennu age 55
Konstantinos Kollias age 60
Panagiotis Pipinelis age 62
Kabiné Komara age 11
Cellou Dalein Diallo age 9
Evans Paul age 5
Jean-Jacques Honorat age 30
Jack Guy Lafontant age 4 months
Juan Manuel Gálvez age 74
Ali Sastroamidjojo age 58
Sa'dun Hammadi age 31
Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio age 10
Howard Cooke age 45
Zeid bin Shaker age 26
Ieremia Tabai age 11
Ishenbai Kadyrbekov age 12
Daniar Usenov age 1
Sisavath Keobounphanh age 33
Augusts Kirhenšteins age 88
Valdis Birkavs age 19
Abdul Ati al-Obeidi age 21
George Borg Olivier age 50
Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar age 4
Ahmed Bahnini age 52
Mohammed Karim Lamrani age 42
Maati Bouabid age 33
Ahmed Osman age 31
Khin Nyunt age 21
San Yu age 43
Sao Shwe Thaik age 64
Geoffrey Palmer age 19
Emiliano Chamorro Vargas age 90
Ngiratkel Etpison age 36
Adelino da Palma Carlos age 56
Edmund Lawrence age 29
Nikola Šainović age 12
Dragan Tomić age 25
Östen Undén age 75
Rudolf Gnägi age 44
Hans-Peter Tschudi age 47
Pierre Aubert age 34
Georges-André Chevallaz age 46
Pierre Graber age 52
Ahmad al-Khatib age 28
Sean Chen age 11
Jiang Yi-huah age 9 months
Chang Chun-hsiung age 23
Cynthia A. Pratt age 15
Ellis Clarke age 43
Noor Hassanali age 43
Bahi Ladgham age 48
Hamed Karoui age 33
Ali Bozer age 36
Toaripi Lauti age 32
Saufatu Sopoanga age 9
Abdulhashim Mutalov age 14
Pedro Carmona age 20
Ahmed Obaid Bin Dagher age 8
Tomás Romero Pereira age 74
Ricardo Pérez Godoy age 56
Mohamed Osman Jawari age 15
Adan Mohamed Nuur Madobe age 5
Lee Wan-koo age 11
Lee Hong-koo age 27
Fernando de Santiago y Díaz age 51
Zlatko Lagumdžija age 5
Valeria Ciavatta age 2
Pedro Cateriano age 3
Aníbal Torres age 18
Javier Velásquez age 1
Gilbert Houngbo age 6 months
Rosalio Lara age 39
Fawzi al-Qawuqji age 71
Louis A. Johnson age 70
Thomas S. Gates Jr. age 55
Pjetër Arbnori age 26
Rexhep Mitrovica age 73
Belaid Abdesselam age 33
Ismail Hamdani age 31
Lopo do Nascimento age 21
Yaqub Mammadov age 20
Surat Huseynov age 2
A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury age 46
Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar age 29
Aloys Van de Vyvere age 90
Adrien Houngbédji age 19
Lionel Zinsou age 6
Yeshey Zimba age 10
Néstor Guillén age 71
Carlos Quintanilla age 73
François Ngeze age 8
Simplice Sarandji age 6
Djimrangar Dadnadji age 7
Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet age 4
Said Mohamed Jaffar age 43
Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim age 25
Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich age 54
Ali Sabri age 41
Miguel Abia Biteo age 7 months
Ilias Tsirimokos age 54
Panagiotis Poulitsas age 79
Alexandros Othonaios age 82
Jean-Marie Doré age 23
Ahmed Tidiane Souaré age 10
Prosper Avril age 23