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Events

Cold War 1947-03-12 - 1991-12-26
Apartheid 1948-05-26 - 1994-04-27
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
South African Border War 1966-08-26 - 1990-03-21
Years of Lead 1968-03-01 - 1988-10-23
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
Salvadoran Civil War 1979-10-15 - 1992-01-16
Soviet–Afghan War 1979-12-24 - 1989-02-15
Internal conflict in Peru 1980-05-17 - 2000
Iran–Iraq War 1980-09-22 - 1988-08-20
Siege of Abadan 1980-11-06 - 1981-09-27

People

Eric Arturo Delvalle age 44
Higinio Morínigo age 84
Adnan Terzić age 21
Alessandro Mancini age 5
Paolo Rondelli age 18
Violeta Bermúdez age 20
Jeremy Thorpe age 52
Sultan al-Atrash age 90
John Peters Humphrey age 76
Théoneste Bagosora age 40
Pauline Nyiramasuhuko age 35
Yoshihito, Prince Katsura age 33
Hanako, Princess Hitachi age 41
Lennart Bernadotte age 72
Walther Nehring age 89
Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt age 83
Gabriela von Habsburg age 24
Georg von Habsburg age 16
Lady Pamela Hicks age 52
Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz age 45
Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster age 6
George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews age 19
Johan Ferner age 54
Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria age 48
Jaime de Marichalar age 18
Ted Strickland age 40
Phil Bredesen age 37
Norman Tebbit age 50
Jim Guy Tucker age 38
Mika Špiljak age 64
Arthur Goldberg age 73
Potter Stewart age 66
Clark Clifford age 74
Robert A. Lovett age 86
Mohammad Rabbani age 25
Ylli Bufi age 33
Ali ibn Flais age 36
Youssef Yousfi age 39
Hrant Bagratyan age 22
A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury age 48
Abu Sayeed Chowdhury age 60
Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem age 65
Moudud Ahmed age 41
Errol Barrow age 61
Hyenadz Navitski age 32
Kinzang Dorji age 30
Juan Pereda age 50
Zhan Videnov age 22
Stefan Sofiyanski age 29
Paramanga Ernest Yonli age 24
Penn Nouth age 75
Firmin Ngrébada age 13
Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye age 31
Bruno Tshibala age 25
Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea age 20
Tesfaye Genre Kidan age 44
Timoci Bavadra age 46
Penaia Ganilau age 63
Casimir Oyé-Mba age 39
Otar Patsatsia age 52
Hudson Austin age 43
Bah Oury age 23
Paul Magloire age 74
Laurent Lamothe age 9
Jacques-Édouard Alexis age 33
Garry Conille age 15
Alix Didier Fils-Aimé age 9
Fritz Jean age 25
Joseph Jouthe age 19
Hugh Shearer age 58
Adnan Badran age 45
Akejan Kajegeldin age 29
Sergey Tereshchenko age 30
Azim Isabekov age 21
Phoumi Vongvichit age 72
Guntars Krasts age 23
Mamohato of Lesotho age 40
Albertas Šimėnas age 31
Rivo Rakotovao age 21
Omer Beriziky age 30
Jean Ravelonarivo age 22
Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga age 23
Mustafa Ould Salek age 45
Miyeegombyn Enkhbold age 17
Mário da Graça Machungo age 40
Adriano Maleiane age 31
Frederick Pitcher age 14
Hong Song-nam age 51
Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani age 23
Isidore Mvouba age 27
Alexandru Athanasiu age 26
Jean Kambanda age 25
Marcella Liburd age 28
Johnny Paul Koroma age 21
Ján Čarnogurský age 37
Josip Vidmar age 85
Johan Kraag age 68
Alphons Egli age 56
Leon Schlumpf age 56
Rashidi Kawawa age 55
Hédi Baccouche age 51
Mehdi Jomaa age 19
Sadi Irmak age 77
Filoimea Telito age 36
Utkir Tukhtamurodovich Sultonov age 42
Bob Dadae age 20
Abdirizak Haji Hussein age 56
Babiker Awadalla age 64
César Villanueva age 35
Rosario Fernández age 25
Luis Galarreta age 10
Komi Klassou age 21
Xu Xiangqian age 79
Lyman Lemnitzer age 82
Raymond T. Odierno age 26
Nicholas F. Brady age 51
Nebojša Pavković age 35
Saad el-Shazly age 59
Gholam Ali Rasheed age 27
Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu age 76
Takako Shimazu age 42
Dündar Ali Osman age 50
Chiang Wei-kuo age 64
Franz Wilhelm Prinz von Preussen age 38
Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria age 63
Archduke Felix of Austria age 65
Song Hye-rim age 42
Kim Ok age 17
Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse age 55
George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood age 58
Marianne Bernadotte age 57
Lady Gabriella Kingston age 4 months
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia age 5 months
Jargaltulgyn Erdenebat age 8
Patrick McLoughlin age 23
Branko Mikulić age 53
Zeng Qinghong age 42
Rong Yiren age 65
Nicholas Katzenbach age 59
Enrique Peralta Azurdia age 73
Redha Malek age 49
Abdelmalek Benhabyles age 60
Lúcio Lara age 52
Mohammad Mohammadullah age 59
Elliott Belgrave age 50
Mikhail Chyhir age 33
Syarhei Linh age 44
Celso Torrelio age 48
Alberto Natusch age 48
Lyuben Berov age 55
Daniel Oduber Quirós age 60
Franjo Gregurić age 41
Hrvoje Šarinić age 46
Carlos Manuel Piedra age 86
Joseph Iléo age 59
Eliud Williams age 33
Antonio Imbert Barrera age 60
Atef Sedki age 51
Ali Lutfi Mahmud age 45
Álvaro Magaña age 55
Mahendra Chaudhry age 39
Nii Amaa Ollennu age 75
Konstantinos Kollias age 80
Eric Gairy age 59
Kabiné Komara age 31
Cellou Dalein Diallo age 29
Evans Paul age 25
Jean-Jacques Honorat age 50
Jack Guy Lafontant age 20
Sa'dun Hammadi age 51
Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio age 30
Howard Cooke age 65
Zeid bin Shaker age 47
Jafar Hassan age 13
Ishenbai Kadyrbekov age 32
Daniar Usenov age 21
Sisavath Keobounphanh age 53
Valdis Birkavs age 39
Abdul Ati al-Obeidi age 41
Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar age 24
Valeriu Streleț age 11
Mohammed Karim Lamrani age 62
Ahmed Osman age 51
Khin Nyunt age 41
San Yu age 63
Geoffrey Palmer age 39
Ngiratkel Etpison age 56
Adelino da Palma Carlos age 76
Edmund Lawrence age 49
Nikola Šainović age 32
Dragan Tomić age 45
Rudolf Gnägi age 64
Hans-Peter Tschudi age 67
Pierre Aubert age 54
Georges-André Chevallaz age 66
Pierre Graber age 72
Ahmad al-Khatib age 48
Sean Chen age 31
Jiang Yi-huah age 20
Chang Chun-hsiung age 43