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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 ...
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 .
The following is a list of national founders of sovereign states who were credited with establishing a state. National founders are typically those who played an influential role in setting up the systems of governance, (i.e., political system form of government, and constitution), of the country.
The "Era of Stagnation", a derogatory term coined by Mikhail Gorbachev, was a period marked by low socio-economic efficiency in the country and a gerontocracy ruling the country. [26] Yuri Andropov (aged 68 at the time) succeeded Brezhnev in his post as general secretary in 1982. In 1983, Andropov was hospitalized and rarely met up at work to ...
Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein [3] was born in Bakos, Alexandria, Egypt on 15 January 1918, a year before the tumultuous events of the Egyptian Revolution of 1919. [4] Nasser's father was a postal worker [5] born in Beni Mur in Upper Egypt, [6] [7] and raised in Alexandria, [4] and his mother's family came from Mallawi, el-Minya. [8]
Protectorate, 1884–1940, 1941–1960 For details see the United Kingdom under British Isles, Europe. Trust Territory of Somaliland (complete list) – United Nations trust territory of Italy, 1950–1960 For details see Italy under southcentral Europe. State of Somaliland – Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, Prime minister (1960) Somali Republic
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Mao himself claimed that a total of 700,000 people were killed in attacks on "counter-revolutionaries" during the years 1950–1952. [168] Because there was a policy to select "at least one landlord, and usually several, in virtually every village for public execution", [169] the number of deaths range between 2 million [169] [170] [165] and 5 ...