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| 1967 |
| | | The Ibo of eastern Nigeria claim independence for their region – as the republic of Biafra | |
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| 1967 |
| | | President de Gaulle, visiting Montreal for Expo 67, proclaims Vive le Quebec libre ('Long Live Free Quebec') | |
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| 1967 |
| | | Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara is captured and executed in Bolivia | |
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| 1968 |
| | | A student revolt begins in Paris and sweeps through France, shaking de Gaulle's government | |
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| 1969 |
| | | The Stonewall riots in New York prompt a US campaign for Gay and Lesbian rights | |
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| 1971 |
| | | Awami League leader Mujibur Rahman declares unilaterally that Bangladesh (East Pakistan) is an independent state | |
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| 1971 |
| | | Greenpeace is founded in Canada to campaign against US nuclear testing | |
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| 1972 |
| | | Aborigines pitch a Tent Embassy on Australia Day outside parliament in Canberra to highlight political injustices | |
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| 1972 |
| | | British paratroops open fire on a civil rights march in Derry, killing thirteen, in what becomes known as Bloody Sunday | |
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| 1973 |
| | | The Polisario is formed to fight for the independence of Western Sahara | |
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