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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 |
| | | The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) is launched in Britain with Bertrand Russell as president | |
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| 1958 |
| | | Nationalist Kurds in the north of Iraq launch a guerrilla war against the new government in Baghdad | |
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| 1959 |
| | | The Dalai Lama escapes from Tibet to India after the Chinese suppression of an armed uprising costing thousands of lives | |
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| 1959 |
| | | ETA (Euzkadi Ta Askatasuna) is formed in Spain as a guerrilla organization to win Basque independence | |
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| 1960 |
| | | UK prime minister Harold Macmillan, in Cape Town, warns the white settlers of Africa that 'the wind of change' is blowing through their continent | |
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| 1960 |
| | | The South West Africa People's Organization is founded to fight against South African control of Namibia | |
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| 1960 |
| | | Moise Tshombe, taking advantage of chaos in the Congo, declares the independence of Katanga | |
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| 1960 |
| | | Nelson Mandela leads a new armed section of the ANC (African National Congress), formed in response to Sharpeville | |
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| 1961 |
| | | Two French generals, Raoul Salan and Edmond Jouhaud, form the OAS (Organisation de l'Armée Secrète) to preserve French rule in Algeria | |
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