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| 1952 |
| | | Ahmed Ben Bella forms the Front de Libération National (FLN) to fight for Algerian independence | |
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| 1952 |
| | | An outbreak of terrorism in Kenya is orchestrated by a secret Kikuyu organization, the Mau Mau | |
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| 1953 |
| | | Jomo Kenyatta, charged with having organized the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya, is sentenced to seven years in prison | |
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| 1954 |
| | | George Grivas leads a guerrilla movement, EOKA, fighting for Cyprus's independence from Britain and union with Greece | |
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| 1954 |
| | | A radical manifesto and acts of terrorism alert the world to the emergence of the FLN, committed to independence for Algeria | |
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| 1955 |
| | | A military uprising in Argentina forces Perón to resign and go into exile | |
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| 1955 |
| | | Baptist pastor Martin Luther King leads the Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks is arrested for not giving up her seat to a white man | |
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| 1956 |
| | | Students are fired on in Budapest when protesting against repressive Communist policies | |
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| 1956 |
| | | Confronted by a popular uprising, Communist leaders in Hungary bring back the reformist prime minister Imre Nagy | |
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| 1956 |
| | | Communist activist Fidel Castro returns from Mexico to Cuba to organize guerrilla warfare against the Batista regime | |
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