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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
Western Sahara War 1975-11 - 1991-09-06
Angolan Civil War 1975-11-11 - 2002-04-04
Spanish transition to democracy 1975-11-20 - 1982-10-28
Islamist uprising in Syria 1976-05-31 - 1982-02-28
Mozambican Civil War 1977-05-30 - 1992-10-04
Cambodian–Vietnamese War 1978-12-21 - 1989-09-26
Iran hostage crisis 1979-11-04 - 1981-01-20

People

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
Rui Duarte de Barros age 19
Jocelerme Privert age 26
Emil Jónsson age 77
Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson age 85
Robert Beugré Mambé age 27
Seydou Diarra age 46
Hani al-Mulki age 28
Bajram Rexhepi age 25
Ahmed Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah age 23
Talant Mamytov age 3
Zhantoro Satybaldiyev age 23
Adylbek Kasymaliev age 19
Māris Gailis age 28
Ali Tarhouni age 28
Mustafa Ben Halim age 58
Bronislovas Lubys age 41
Aleksandras Abišala age 23
Cécile Manorohanta age 29
Modibo Keita age 37
Choguel Kokalla Maïga age 21
Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga age 25
Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici age 46
Valeriu Muravschi age 30
Ion Ciubuc age 36
Azzeddine Laraki age 50
Ahmed Laraki age 48
Kirti Nidhi Bista age 52
Man Mohan Adhikari age 59
Thomas Remengesau age 48
Carlos Mota Pinto age 43
Dominique Mbonyumutwa age 58
Habib Thiam age 46
Mamadou Dia age 69
Patrick Herminie age 16
Frank Kabui age 33
Ramsewak Shankar age 42
Fred Ramdat Misier age 53
Kurt Furgler age 55
René Felber age 46
Adel Safar age 26
Hau Pei-tsun age 60
Salim Ahmed Salim age 37
Bonfoh Abass age 31
Rachid Sfar age 46
Valentyn Symonenko age 39
Alberto Demicheli age 83
Walter Lini age 37
Ahmad Awad Bin Mubarak age 11
Edward Babiuch age 52
Eric Arturo Delvalle age 42
Higinio Morínigo age 82
Adnan Terzić age 19
Alessandro Mancini age 4
Paolo Rondelli age 16
Violeta Bermúdez age 18
Ted Strickland age 38
Phil Bredesen age 36
Norman Tebbit age 48
Jim Guy Tucker age 36
Arthur Goldberg age 71
Clark Clifford age 73
Robert A. Lovett age 84
Mohammad Rabbani age 24
Ylli Bufi age 31
Ali ibn Flais age 35
Youssef Yousfi age 38
Hrant Bagratyan age 21
A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury age 47
Abu Sayeed Chowdhury age 58
Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem age 63
Moudud Ahmed age 39
Errol Barrow age 59
Hyenadz Navitski age 30
Kinzang Dorji age 28
Juan Pereda age 48
Zhan Videnov age 20
Stefan Sofiyanski age 28
Paramanga Ernest Yonli age 22
Penn Nouth age 73
Firmin Ngrébada age 11
Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye age 29
Bruno Tshibala age 23
Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea age 18
Tesfaye Genre Kidan age 42
Timoci Bavadra age 45
Penaia Ganilau age 61
Casimir Oyé-Mba age 37
Otar Patsatsia age 50
Hudson Austin age 41
Bah Oury age 21
Paul Magloire age 72
Laurent Lamothe age 7
Jacques-Édouard Alexis age 32
Garry Conille age 13
Alix Didier Fils-Aimé age 8
Joseph Jouthe age 18
Hugh Shearer age 56
Adnan Badran age 44
Akejan Kajegeldin age 27
Sergey Tereshchenko age 28
Azim Isabekov age 19
Phoumi Vongvichit age 70
Guntars Krasts age 22
Mamohato of Lesotho age 38
Albertas Šimėnas age 29
Rivo Rakotovao age 19
Omer Beriziky age 29
Jean Ravelonarivo age 20
Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga age 21
Mustafa Ould Salek age 43
Miyeegombyn Enkhbold age 15
Mário da Graça Machungo age 39
Adriano Maleiane age 30
Frederick Pitcher age 12
Hong Song-nam age 50
Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani age 21
Isidore Mvouba age 25
Alexandru Athanasiu age 24
Jean Kambanda age 24
Marcella Liburd age 26
Johnny Paul Koroma age 19
Ján Čarnogurský age 35
Josip Vidmar age 84
Johan Kraag age 66
Alphons Egli age 55
Leon Schlumpf age 54
Rashidi Kawawa age 53