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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
Space Race 1955-07-30 - 1969-07-16
Vietnam War 1955-11-01 - 1975-04-30
Cod Wars 1958-09-01 - 1976-06
Laotian Civil War 1959-05-23 - 1975-12-02
Basque conflict 1959-07-31 - 2011-10-20
Guatemalan Civil War 1960-11-13 - 1996-12-29
Nicaraguan Revolution 1961 - 1990-02-01
Eritrean War of Independence 1961-09-01 - 1991-05-29
Apollo Program 1961-10-27 - 1972-12-19
Guinea-Bissau War of Independence 1963-01-23 - 1974-09-10
Cultural Revolution 1966-05-16 - 1976-10-06
South African Border War 1966-08-26 - 1990-03-21
Cambodian Civil War 1967-03-11 - 1975-04-17
Nigerian Civil War 1967-07-06 - 1970-01-15
Prague Spring 1968-01-05 - 1968-08-21
Tet Offensive 1968-01-30 - 1968-09-23
Years of Lead 1968-03-01 - 1988-10-23

People

Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia age 40
Aimone di Savoia Aosta (born 1967) age 9 months
Maximilian, Margrave of Baden age 35
Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg age 5
James L. Jones age 24
John N. Mitchell age 54
Òscar Ribas Reig age 31
Paulo Kassoma age 17
França Van-Dúnem age 33
James Carlisle age 31
Vere Bird age 57
Aram Sargsyan age 7
Ninian Stephen age 45
Abdus Sattar age 62
Uladzimier Yarmoshyn age 25
Dimitar Iliev Popov age 41
Georgi Bliznashki age 11
Gérard Kango Ouédraogo age 42
Tertius Zongo age 11
Sisowath Sirik Matak age 54
Abel Goumba age 41
Félix Moloua age 11
Emmanuel Nadingar age 17
Saleh Kebzabo age 21
Vladimir Bakarić age 56
Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy age 48
Isidro Ayora age 88
Arturo Armando Molina age 41
Vicente Ehate Tomi age 7 months
Themba Nhlanganiso Masuku age 18
Cleopas Dlamini age 16
Bailey Olter age 36
Julien Nkoghe Békale age 9
Giorgi Baramidze age 6 months
Ioannis Sarmas age 11
Rui Duarte de Barros age 8
Jocelerme Privert age 15
Emil Jónsson age 65
Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson age 74
Robert Beugré Mambé age 16
Seydou Diarra age 34
Hani al-Mulki age 16
Bajram Rexhepi age 14
Ahmed Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah age 12
Zhantoro Satybaldiyev age 12
Adylbek Kasymaliev age 7
Māris Gailis age 17
Ali Tarhouni age 17
Mustafa Ben Halim age 47
Bronislovas Lubys age 29
Aleksandras Abišala age 12
Cécile Manorohanta age 18
Modibo Keita age 26
Choguel Kokalla Maïga age 10
Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga age 14
Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici age 35
Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly age 25
Valeriu Muravschi age 19
Ion Ciubuc age 25
Azzeddine Laraki age 39
Ahmed Laraki age 36
Kirti Nidhi Bista age 41
Man Mohan Adhikari age 48
Thomas Remengesau age 36
Carlos Mota Pinto age 32
Dominique Mbonyumutwa age 47
Habib Thiam age 35
Mamadou Dia age 58
Patrick Herminie age 4
Frank Kabui age 22
Ramsewak Shankar age 30
Fred Ramdat Misier age 41
Kurt Furgler age 44
René Felber age 35
Philipp Etter age 76
Adel Safar age 15
Hau Pei-tsun age 49
Salim Ahmed Salim age 26
Bonfoh Abass age 19
Rachid Sfar age 34
Valentyn Symonenko age 28
Alberto Demicheli age 72
Walter Lini age 26
Ahmad Awad Bin Mubarak age 7 months
Edward Babiuch age 40
Eric Arturo Delvalle age 31
Higinio Morínigo age 71
Adnan Terzić age 8
Paolo Rondelli age 5
Violeta Bermúdez age 6
Sultan al-Atrash age 77
John Peters Humphrey age 63
Mahmoud Taleghani age 57
Théoneste Bagosora age 26
Pauline Nyiramasuhuko age 22
Yoshihito, Prince Katsura age 20
Hanako, Princess Hitachi age 28
Princess Marina Petrovna of Russia age 76
Lennart Bernadotte age 59
Walther Nehring age 76
Soong Ai-ling age 79
Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (born 1891) age 77
Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt age 70
Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg age 74
Gabriela von Habsburg age 11
Georg von Habsburg age 3
Lady Pamela Hicks age 39
Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz age 32
George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews age 6
Johan Ferner age 41
Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria age 35
Jaime de Marichalar age 5
Richard Russell Jr. age 70
Ted Strickland age 27
Phil Bredesen age 24
Norman Tebbit age 37
Jim Guy Tucker age 25
Arthur Goldberg age 60
Robert A. Lovett age 72
Mohammad Rabbani age 12
Ylli Bufi age 20
Ali ibn Flais age 23
Youssef Yousfi age 26
Hrant Bagratyan age 9
Simon Vratsian age 86
A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury age 35
Abu Sayeed Chowdhury age 47
Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem age 52
Moudud Ahmed age 28
Hyenadz Navitski age 19
Kinzang Dorji age 17
Juan Pereda age 37
Mamerto Urriolagoitía age 72
Zhan Videnov age 9
Stefan Sofiyanski age 16
Paramanga Ernest Yonli age 11
Firmin Ngrébada age 2 months
Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye age 18
Bruno Tshibala age 12
Carlos Arroyo age 74
Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea age 7
Tesfaye Genre Kidan age 31
Timoci Bavadra age 33
Penaia Ganilau age 50
Casimir Oyé-Mba age 26
Otar Patsatsia age 39
Hudson Austin age 30
Bah Oury age 10
Paul Magloire age 61
Jacques-Édouard Alexis age 20
Garry Conille age 2
Fritz Jean age 12
Joseph Jouthe age 6
Adnan Badran age 32
Mudar Badran age 34
Akejan Kajegeldin age 16
Sergey Tereshchenko age 17
Azim Isabekov age 8
Phoumi Vongvichit age 59
Guntars Krasts age 10
Mamohato of Lesotho age 27
Albertas Šimėnas age 18
Rivo Rakotovao age 8
Omer Beriziky age 17
Jean Ravelonarivo age 9
Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga age 10
Mustafa Ould Salek age 32
Miyeegombyn Enkhbold age 4
Mohammed Ben Aarafa age 82
Mário da Graça Machungo age 27
Adriano Maleiane age 18
Frederick Pitcher age 1
Norman Kirk age 45
Hong Song-nam age 38
Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani age 10
Isidore Mvouba age 14
Alexandru Athanasiu age 13
Jean Kambanda age 12
Marcella Liburd age 15
Johnny Paul Koroma age 8
Ján Čarnogurský age 24
Josip Vidmar age 72
Johan Kraag age 55
Alphons Egli age 43
Leon Schlumpf age 43
Rashidi Kawawa age 42
Hédi Baccouche age 38
Mehdi Jomaa age 6
Sadi Irmak age 64
Filoimea Telito age 23
Utkir Tukhtamurodovich Sultonov age 29
Bob Dadae age 7
Rafael Franco age 71
Abdirizak Haji Hussein age 43
Lee Beom-seok age 67
Babiker Awadalla age 51
César Villanueva age 22
Rosario Fernández age 12
Komi Klassou age 8
Xu Xiangqian age 66