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This is a list of sovereign states in the 1960s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 1960 and 31 December 1969. It contains 165 entries, arranged alphabetically, with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty .
Dominion of India (to 26 January 1950) [18] Republic of India (from 26 January 1950) [18] Widely recognized UN member state. Commonwealth realm (to 26 January 1950). From 26 January 1950 to 1 November 1956, India was a federation of ten Part A states, eight Part B states, nine Part C states, and four Part D Territories. [19]
This is a timeline of the Commonwealth of Nations from the Balfour Declaration of 1926. Some regard the Balfour Declaration as the foundation of the modern Commonwealth. 1920s – 1930s – 1940s – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s – 2000s – 2010s – 2020s 1920s (from 1926) Year Date Event 1926 25 October The Balfour Declaration of 1926 establishes the principle of the ...
Around 60 countries gained independence from the United Kingdom throughout its history, the most in the world, followed by around 40 countries that gained independence from France throughout its history. [2] Over 50% of the world's borders today were drawn as a result of British and French imperialism. [3] [4] [5]
1960 1961 Bajaur Campaign Pakistan Afghanistan: 1960 1996 Guatemalan Civil War: Guatemala: URNG: 1960 1961 1960–61 campaign at the China–Burma border China Burma: National Revolutionary Army: 1960 1960 1960 Ethiopian coup d'état attempt Ethiopia: Kebur Zabangna: 1961 1974 Angolan War of Independence Part of the Portuguese Colonial War ...
This is a list of countries showing past life expectancy, ranging from 1950 to 2015 in five-year periods, as estimated by the 2017 revision of the World Population Prospects database by the United Nations Population Division. Life expectancy equals the average number of years a person born in a given country is expected to live if mortality ...
The 1960s (pronounced "nineteen-sixties", shortened to the "' 60s" or the "Sixties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1960, and ended on December 31, 1969. [1]While the achievements of humans being launched into space, orbiting Earth, perform spacewalk and walking on the Moon extended exploration, the Sixties are known as the "countercultural decade" in the United States and other Western ...
17 1950s. 18 1960s. 19 1970s. 20 1980s. 21 1990s. 22 2000s. 23 2010s. 24 2020s. 25 2030s. 26 Future bids and candidate cities. ... 1960 – cancelled (planned site ...