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| 1956 |
| | | French Morocco and Spanish Morocco win independence from the two colonial powers | |
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| 1956 |
| | | The USA and Britain withdraw their offer of financial aid for Nasser's Aswan dam | |
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| 1956 |
| | | Egypt's president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez canal and wins Soviet finance for his Aswan dam | |
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| 1956 |
| | | Nasser disregards a French and British ultimatum to withdraw from the Suez canal | |
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| 1956 |
| | | The British and French bomb Egyptian airfields, and land troops near Port Said and the Suez canal | |
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| 1956 |
| | | Under international pressure Britain and France agree to a humiliating withdrawal from Suez | |
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| 1958 |
| | | Egypt and Syria merge as the United Arab Republic (but disengage three years later) | |
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| 1958 |
| | | French Algerians seize government buildings in Algiers, in a campaign to ensure that Algerian remains French | |
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| 1958 |
| | | On his second day in power, de Gaulle visits Algiers to confront the settlers with an unwelcome message | |
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| 1961 |
| | | Hassan II begins a 38-year reign as the king of Morocco | |
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