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1960Africa - South Africa
 

 
Unidentified photographer - Keystone / Staff, 1960, 22 March, Aftermath of the Sharpeville massacre, Photograph, Creative Commons - Wikipedia, LL/52711
At least 180 black Africans are injured and 69 killed when South African police open fire on demonstrators protesting the pass laws in Sharpeville. 
1961North America - Cuba
 
The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba by American backed forces ends in catastrophe. 
1961Asia - Vietnam
 
Vietnam War 
1962Africa - Algeria
 
Algeria gains independence from France 
1963North America - USA
 
President Kennedy assassinated 
1967Middle East
 
Six Day War between Israel and the forces of Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Iraq. 
1968Europe - Czechoslovakia
 
Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia 
1968North America - USA
 
Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated. 
1970North America - USA
 
Shootings of students by the National Guard at an antiwar demonstration at Kent State University in Ohio. 
1973Middle East
 
Yom Kippur War between the armies of Syria and Egypt against those of Israel 
1974North America - USA
 
The Watergate Affair - President Nixon resigns 
1979Asia - Afghanistan
 
Afghanistan Wars 

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