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Libya
Libya becomes independent from Italy. -
Period: to
50's years
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King George VI
King George VI dies after 15 years of reign. He is succeeded by his daughter Isabel II. -
Cesare Maldin
Cesare Maldini signs for AC Milan, a club where the rest of his career as a footballer and coach stood out. -
Disneyland
Inauguration of Disneyland in Anaheim, California. -
Period: to
60's years
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Patrice Lumumba
Patrice Lumumba, prime minister and leader of the independence of the Congo is killed. -
Malcolm X
In New York, Malcolm X, a black rights activist in the United States, is killed. -
Student revolts
In France, the student revolts of May 68 occur. -
Neil Armstrong
The Apollo XI mission reaches the moon for the first time. Neil Armstrong, first man to step on the moon's surface. -
Period: to
70's years
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People's Republic of China
The People's Republic of China enters the UN. -
General Augusto Pinochet performs a coup in Chile.
On September 11, General Augusto Pinochet carried out a coup d'etat in Chile, to overthrow the government of Salvador Allende, establishing a regime that would last until 1990. -
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco dies; succeeding Juan Carlos I, king of Spain. -
The Camp David peace
The Camp David peace agreements between Israel and Egypt are signed under the auspices of the United States. -
The civil war of El Salvador
The Archbishop of San Salvador, Oscar Romero, is murdered. The civil war of El Salvador begins -
Period: to
80's years
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Argentina
End of the National Reorganization Process carried out by the de facto government called the Military Junta. Return to democracy. He is elected as President of the Argentine Republic Raúl Alfonsín (UCR) -
Live Aid
The Live Aid concert takes place, which took place at Wembley Stadium and at J.F. Kennedy Stadium of Philadelphia. It brought together several exponents of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and is considered the greatest musical event in history. With the participation of Queen, Elton John, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, U2, David Bowie and Wham! -
Cartel de Medellín
Brutal terrorist offensive of the Medellin cartel in Colombia: Assassination of the presidential candidate, Luis Carlos Galán, killed 107 people in an attack on a Boeing 727 in Avianca and 60 people were taken from their lives in a terrorist attack on the DAS building in Bogotá -
Period: to
90's years
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Boris Yeltsin
Boris Yeltsin is proclaimed president of Russia. An attempted coup against Gorbachev fails.
The COMECON and the Warsaw Pact are dissolved.
End of the Soviet Union and birth of the CIS, which comprise 15 new states. -
Kurt Cobain
The leader and composer of the band Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, dies of suicide. -
Toy story
First film made by computer. -
Mars Pathfinder
NASA's space probe Mars Pathfinder starts the exploration of the surface of Mars. -
Period: to
2000's
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Terrorist attack
There was a chain of terrorist attacks against the United States that resulted in the destruction of the Twin Towers in New York, after the impact caused by two passenger planes and serious damage to the Pentagon after the impact of another hijacked plane that caused About 3000 dead. -
Earthquake and tsunami in Sumatra-Andaman
Indonesia devastates Southeast Asia and causes more than 280,000 deaths.
