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| 1936 |
| | | Francisco Franco is elected head of state of the insurgent Nationalist Spain, at this time controlling only a fraction of the country | |
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| 1936 |
| | | The Febreristas, a newly formed left-wing group, seize power in Paraguay | |
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| 1939 |
| | | Marian Anderson's concert at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington effectively launches the US civil rights movement | |
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| 1942 |
| | | Algerian nationalist Ferhat Abbas produces a manifesto demanding independence from France | |
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| 1943 March 20 |
| | | Mao Zedong becomes official leader of the Chinese Communist Party, as the elected Chairman of the Central Committee and the Politburo | |
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| 1944 |
| | | An uprising in Guatemala brings in a revolutionary junta and a left-wing programme of reform | |
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| 1944 |
| | | from July - more than 5000 Germans, among them Rommel, die because of the Stauffenberg plot | |
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| 1945 |
| | | Demonstrations in Algeria spark off an uprising against French rule, which is put down with the loss of perhaps 10,000 Muslim lives | |
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| 1948 |
| | | In their manifesto Refus global fifteen artists and authors attack the values of conservative Quebec | |
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| 1949 |
| | | Radical young members, including Nelson Mandela, take control of the ANC | |
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