Category: United Nations

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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 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...

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...

Australasia 1962: West New Guinea dispute
Australasia 1962
West New Guinea dispute

When the Netherlands recognized...

Northern Eurasia 1963: Height of the Cold War
Northern Eurasia 1963
Height of the Cold War

Although the Warsaw Pact was...

Asia Pacific 1963: Formation of Malaysia
Asia Pacific 1963
Formation of Malaysia

In 1961 Indonesia attacked Dutch New...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1963: Kenyan Independence
Sub-Saharan Africa 1963
Kenyan Independence

Due to political resistance from the...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1964: Simba Rebellion
Sub-Saharan Africa 1964
Simba Rebellion

In 1964 the United Nations withdrew...

Australasia 1971: Independence for the Pacific Islands
Australasia 1971
Independence for the Pacific Islands

The 1960s saw the beginning of the...

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