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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

People

Aleksandras Abišala age 23
Cécile Manorohanta age 29
Modibo Keita age 36
Choguel Kokalla Maïga age 21
Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga age 24
Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici age 45
Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly age 36
Valeriu Muravschi age 29
Ion Ciubuc age 35
Azzeddine Laraki age 50
Ahmed Laraki age 47
Man Mohan Adhikari age 58
Thomas Remengesau age 47
Dominique Mbonyumutwa age 58
Habib Thiam age 46
Mamadou Dia age 68
Patrick Herminie age 15
Frank Kabui age 33
Ramsewak Shankar age 41
Fred Ramdat Misier age 52
Kurt Furgler age 54
René Felber age 46
Adel Safar age 26
Hau Pei-tsun age 59
Salim Ahmed Salim age 37
Bonfoh Abass age 30
Rachid Sfar age 45
Valentyn Symonenko age 38
Alberto Demicheli age 82
Walter Lini age 37
Ahmad Awad Bin Mubarak age 11
Edward Babiuch age 51
Eric Arturo Delvalle age 42
Higinio Morínigo age 82
Adnan Terzić age 19
Alessandro Mancini age 3
Paolo Rondelli age 15
Violeta Bermúdez age 17
Jeremy Thorpe age 50
Sultan al-Atrash age 88
John Peters Humphrey age 74
Mahmoud Taleghani age 68
Théoneste Bagosora age 37
Pauline Nyiramasuhuko age 33
Yoshihito, Prince Katsura age 31
Hanako, Princess Hitachi age 38
Princess Marina Petrovna of Russia age 87
Lennart Bernadotte age 70
Walther Nehring age 86
Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt age 80
Gabriela von Habsburg age 22
Georg von Habsburg age 14
Lady Pamela Hicks age 50
Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz age 43
Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster age 4
George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews age 16
Johan Ferner age 51
Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria age 46
Jaime de Marichalar age 16
Ted Strickland age 37
Phil Bredesen age 35
Norman Tebbit age 48
Jim Guy Tucker age 35
Mika Špiljak age 62
Arthur Goldberg age 70
Clark Clifford age 72
Robert A. Lovett age 83
Mohammad Rabbani age 23
Ylli Bufi age 30
Ali ibn Flais age 34
Youssef Yousfi age 37
Hrant Bagratyan age 20
A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury age 46
Abu Sayeed Chowdhury age 58
Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem age 63
Moudud Ahmed age 38
Errol Barrow age 59
Hyenadz Navitski age 30
Kinzang Dorji age 28
Juan Pereda age 47
Zhan Videnov age 20
Stefan Sofiyanski age 27
Paramanga Ernest Yonli age 22
Penn Nouth age 73
Firmin Ngrébada age 10
Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye age 29
Bruno Tshibala age 23
Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea age 18
Tesfaye Genre Kidan age 42
Timoci Bavadra age 44
Penaia Ganilau age 60
Casimir Oyé-Mba age 37
Otar Patsatsia age 50
Hudson Austin age 41
Bah Oury age 21
Paul Magloire age 71
Laurent Lamothe age 6
Jacques-Édouard Alexis age 31
Garry Conille age 13
Alix Didier Fils-Aimé age 7
Fritz Jean age 23
Joseph Jouthe age 17
Hugh Shearer age 56
Adnan Badran age 43
Akejan Kajegeldin age 27
Sergey Tereshchenko age 28
Azim Isabekov age 19
Phoumi Vongvichit age 70
Guntars Krasts age 21
Mamohato of Lesotho age 38
Albertas Šimėnas age 29
Rivo Rakotovao age 19
Omer Beriziky age 28
Jean Ravelonarivo age 20
Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga age 21
Miyeegombyn Enkhbold age 14
Mário da Graça Machungo age 38
Adriano Maleiane age 29
Frederick Pitcher age 12
Hong Song-nam age 49
Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani age 21
Isidore Mvouba age 25
Alexandru Athanasiu age 24
Jean Kambanda age 23
Marcella Liburd age 25
Johnny Paul Koroma age 19
Ján Čarnogurský age 35
Josip Vidmar age 83
Johan Kraag age 65
Alphons Egli age 54
Leon Schlumpf age 54
Rashidi Kawawa age 52
Hédi Baccouche age 49
Mehdi Jomaa age 17
Sadi Irmak age 75
Filoimea Telito age 34
Utkir Tukhtamurodovich Sultonov age 39
Bob Dadae age 18
Abdirizak Haji Hussein age 54
Babiker Awadalla age 62
César Villanueva age 32
Rosario Fernández age 23
Luis Galarreta age 8
Komi Klassou age 19
Xu Xiangqian age 77
Donald Regan age 60
Lyman Lemnitzer age 79
Raymond T. Odierno age 24
Nicholas F. Brady age 49
Nebojša Pavković age 33
Saad el-Shazly age 57
Gholam Ali Rasheed age 25
Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu age 74
Takako Shimazu age 40
Dündar Ali Osman age 48
Chiang Wei-kuo age 62
Franz Wilhelm Prinz von Preussen age 35
Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria age 61
Archduke Felix of Austria age 62
Song Hye-rim age 40
Kim Ok age 14
Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse age 52
George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood age 56
Marianne Bernadotte age 54
Jargaltulgyn Erdenebat age 5
Patrick McLoughlin age 21
Branko Mikulić age 50
Zeng Qinghong age 39
Rong Yiren age 63
Nicholas Katzenbach age 57
Enrique Peralta Azurdia age 70
Redha Malek age 47
Abdelmalek Benhabyles age 58
Lúcio Lara age 50
Mohammad Mohammadullah age 57
Elliott Belgrave age 48
Mikhail Chyhir age 30
Syarhei Linh age 42
Celso Torrelio age 45
Alberto Natusch age 45
Lyuben Berov age 53
Daniel Oduber Quirós age 57
Franjo Gregurić age 39
Hrvoje Šarinić age 44
Carlos Manuel Piedra age 84
Joseph Iléo age 57
Eliud Williams age 30
Antonio Imbert Barrera age 58
Atef Sedki age 48
Ali Lutfi Mahmud age 43
Álvaro Magaña age 53
Mahendra Chaudhry age 37
Nii Amaa Ollennu age 73
Konstantinos Kollias age 78
Eric Gairy age 57
Kabiné Komara age 29
Cellou Dalein Diallo age 27
Evans Paul age 23
Jean-Jacques Honorat age 48
Jack Guy Lafontant age 18