Category: 1960s

Pages with category: 1960s

Sub-Saharan Africa 1960: Year of Africa begins
Sub-Saharan Africa 1960
Year of Africa begins

The harsh French response to...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1960: French Withdrawal from West Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa 1960
French Withdrawal from West Africa

Having accepted the end of its...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1960: Congo Crisis
Sub-Saharan Africa 1960
Congo Crisis

Belgium reluctantly granted its...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1960: UN Operation in the Congo
Sub-Saharan Africa 1960
UN Operation in the Congo

United Nations forces arrived in the...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1960: French Withdrawal from Equatorial Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa 1960
French Withdrawal from Equatorial Africa

August 1960 was the high point in...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1960: Fall of Lumumba
Sub-Saharan Africa 1960
Fall of Lumumba

Faced with revolts in Katanga and...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1960: Year of Africa ends
Sub-Saharan Africa 1960
Year of Africa ends

In mid-September 1960 Colonel Mobutu...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1961: Discord over the Congo
Sub-Saharan Africa 1961
Discord over the Congo

The deposing and later assassination...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1961: UN Action Against Katanga
Sub-Saharan Africa 1961
UN Action Against Katanga

A major step towards defusing the...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1962: Independence in East Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa 1962
Independence in East Africa

Tanganyika became independent of the...

North America 1962: Cuban Missile Crisis
North America 1962
Cuban Missile Crisis

US–Cuban relations quickly...

South America 1962: Cold War reaches Latin America
South America 1962
Cold War reaches Latin America

Less than a month after the signing...

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