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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 - 1962
Cod Wars 1958-09-01 - 1976-06
Great Chinese Famine 1959 - 1961
Challe Plan 1959-02-01 - 1961-04-01

People

Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia age 31
Maximilian, Margrave of Baden age 25
James L. Jones age 15
Julio César Méndez Montenegro age 43
John N. Mitchell age 45
Òscar Ribas Reig age 22
Paulo Kassoma age 7
França Van-Dúnem age 24
James Carlisle age 21
Vere Bird age 48
Ninian Stephen age 35
Abdus Sattar age 53
Uladzimier Yarmoshyn age 16
Dimitar Iliev Popov age 31
Georgi Bliznashki age 2
Gérard Kango Ouédraogo age 33
Tertius Zongo age 2
Sisowath Sirik Matak age 45
Abel Goumba age 32
Félix Moloua age 1
Emmanuel Nadingar age 8
Saleh Kebzabo age 12
Vladimir Bakarić age 47
Anselmo Alliegro y Milá age 60
Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy age 39
Isidro Ayora age 79
Otto Arosemena age 33
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
Jeremy Thorpe age 30
Sultan al-Atrash age 68
Walter Weiß age 68
John Peters Humphrey age 54
Vicente Rojo Lluch age 64
Walter Krueger age 78
Mahmoud Taleghani age 48
Théoneste Bagosora age 17
Pauline Nyiramasuhuko age 13
Yoshihito, Prince Katsura age 11
Hanako, Princess Hitachi age 18
Princess Marina Petrovna of Russia age 67
Lennart Bernadotte age 50
Walther Nehring age 66
Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin age 67
Soong Ai-ling age 69
Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (born 1891) age 67
Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt age 60
Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg age 65
Gabriela von Habsburg age 2
Lady Pamela Hicks age 30
Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz age 23
Johan Ferner age 31
Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria age 26
Richard Russell Jr. age 61
Ted Strickland age 17
Phil Bredesen age 15
Norman Tebbit age 28
Jim Guy Tucker age 15
Mika Špiljak age 42
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
Fritz Jean age 3
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