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  1. 23 March 1923 Halibut Treaty wikidata 0 cit. no story 1923 Canadian, American agreement concerning fishing rights in the northern Pacific Ocean ●●●
  2. 7 September 1923 Founding of Interpol 0 cit. no story Police officials from 20 countries found the International Criminal Police Commission in Vienna to coordinate cross-border crime fighting. Rebuilt after the Second World War, it became Interpol, based in Lyon. diplomacy / politics / society ●●●
  3. 29 October 1923 Proclamation of the Republic of Turkey 0 cit. no story Mustafa Kemal Ataturk proclaims the Republic of Turkey after the War of Independence, succeeding the Ottoman Empire. politics / war ●●●●
  4. 20 July 1924 Founding of FIDE 0 cit. no story Chess federations meeting in Paris found the Fédération Internationale des Échecs, the world chess federation that governs international competition and awards titles such as grandmaster. culture / diplomacy ●
  5. 28 May 1926 28 May 1926 coup d'état wikidata 0 cit. no story coup d'état in Portugal ●●●
  6. 1 August 1927 to 7 December 1949 Chinese Civil War 0 cit. no story Nationalists and Communists fight an on-and-off civil war spanning two decades, interrupted by the Japanese invasion. Communist victory in 1949 founds the People's Republic of China and drives the Nationalists to Taiwan. politics / war ●●●●●
  7. 11 February 1929 Formation of Vatican City 0 cit. no story The Lateran Treaty between the Holy See and Italy creates Vatican City as an independent state, resolving the Roman Question. politics / religion ●●●
  8. 3 October 1932 Independence of Iraq 0 cit. no story The Kingdom of Iraq becomes independent from Britain and joins the League of Nations, ending the British mandate. politics ●●●
  9. 23 September 1932 Unification of Saudi Arabia 0 cit. no story Abdulaziz Ibn Saud proclaims the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, uniting Nejd and Hejaz after three decades of conquest. politics / war ●●●●
  10. 9 September 1932 to 12 June 1935 Chaco War 0 cit. no story Bolivia and Paraguay fight over the arid Chaco region, rumored to hold oil, in South America's bloodiest twentieth-century war. Paraguay wins most of the disputed territory at a cost of some 100,000 lives. war ●●●
  11. 1934 Balkan Pact wikidata 0 cit. no story Balkan international cooperation organization ●●●
  12. 12 September 1934 Baltic Entente wikidata 0 cit. no story Baltic 1934-1940 cooperation organization ●●●
  13. 3 October 1935 to 19 February 1937 Second Italo-Ethiopian War wikidata 0 cit. no story 1935-1936 war between Italy and Ethiopia ●●●●
  14. 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939 Spanish Civil War 0 cit. no story Franco's Nationalists, backed by Germany and Italy, defeat the Republic, backed by the Soviet Union and international volunteers. Around half a million die and Franco rules Spain until 1975. politics / war ●●●●
  15. 6 February 1937 to 27 February 1937 Battle of Jarama wikidata 0 cit. no story 1937 part of the Spanish Civil War ●●
  16. 2 November 1938 First Vienna Award wikidata 0 cit. no story treaty signed in 1938 ●●●
  17. 30 September 1938 Munich agreement wikidata 0 cit. no story 1938 cession of German-speaking Czechoslovakia to the German Reich ●●●
  18. 1939 to 1944 World War II in Albania wikidata 0 cit. no story involvement of Albania in World War II ●●●●
  19. 30 November 1939 to 13 March 1940 Winter War wikidata 0 cit. no story 1939-1940 war between the Soviet Union and Finland ●●●●
  20. 1940 Nong'an plague wikidata 0 cit. no story ●●●
  21. 25 June 1941 to 19 September 1944 Continuation War wikidata 0 cit. no story 1941-1944 Finnish war against USSR ●●●●
  22. 25 August 1942 to 7 September 1942 Battle of Milne Bay wikidata 0 cit. no story 1942 battle ●●
  23. 1942 Battle for Vlasenica wikidata 0 cit. no story 1942 operation of the People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia to the assault of Vlasenica ●●
  24. 1943 Battle for Vlasenica wikidata 0 cit. no story 1943 second operation People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia in an attempt to capture the town of Vlasenica ●●
  25. 22 November 1943 Independence of Lebanon 0 cit. no story Lebanon becomes independent from France after the mandate authorities release the imprisoned national government. politics ●●●
  26. 15 September 1944 to 25 April 1945 Lapland War wikidata 0 cit. no story 1944-1945 war between Finland and Germany ●●●●
  27. 17 June 1944 Independence of Iceland 0 cit. no story Iceland ends its union with Denmark and founds a republic, following a referendum held during the German occupation of Denmark. politics ●●
  28. 7 April 1945 Battle of Struth wikidata 0 cit. no story 1945 battle in World War II on Thuringian soil ●●
  29. 26 July 1945 Potsdam Declaration wikidata 0 cit. no story document defining the terms for Japanese surrender during World War II ●●●
  30. 16 August 1945 to 30 August 1945 August Revolution wikidata 0 cit. no story 1945 uprising led by Viet Minh ●●●
  31. 17 August 1945 to 27 December 1949 Indonesian National Revolution wikidata 0 cit. no story armed conflict and diplomatic struggle between Indonesia and the Dutch Empire ●●●
  32. 17 August 1945 Independence of Indonesia 0 cit. no story Sukarno and Hatta proclaim Indonesian independence; the Netherlands recognized it in 1949 after a four-year armed struggle. politics / war ●●●●
  33. 2 September 1945 Independence of Vietnam 0 cit. no story Ho Chi Minh proclaims the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in Hanoi; independence was secured through wars against France and later the United States. politics / war ●●●●
  34. 25 May 1946 Independence of Jordan 0 cit. no story Transjordan becomes the independent Hashemite Kingdom under King Abdullah I, ending the British mandate. politics ●●●
  35. 17 April 1946 Independence of Syria 0 cit. no story The last French troops leave Syria, completing independence from the French mandate. politics ●●●
  36. 19 December 1946 to 1 August 1954 First Indochina War 0 cit. no story The Viet Minh fight France for Vietnamese independence, winning decisively at Dien Bien Phu in 1954. The Geneva Accords divide Vietnam at the 17th parallel, setting the stage for the Vietnam War. politics / war ●●●●
  37. March 1946 to 16 October 1949 Greek Civil War 0 cit. no story Communist guerrillas fight the Western-backed Greek government in the Cold War's first armed confrontation. The government wins with American aid under the Truman Doctrine. politics / war ●●●
  38. 23 February 1947 Founding of the International Organization for Standardization 0 cit. no story ISO begins operations in Geneva after delegates from 25 countries agreed in London in 1946 to create a new body to unify industrial standards worldwide. diplomacy / science / technology ●●●
  39. 4 April 1947 Founding of the International Civil Aviation Organization 0 cit. no story The Chicago Convention of 1944 enters into force, creating ICAO in Montreal to set worldwide standards for civil aviation safety and navigation. diplomacy / technology ●●●
  40. 14 August 1947 Independence of Pakistan 0 cit. no story Pakistan is created as an independent state for Muslims of British India in the partition that ended British rule. politics ●●●●
  41. 22 October 1947 to 1 January 1949 Indo-Pakistani War of 1947-1948 0 cit. no story India and Pakistan fight their first war over the princely state of Kashmir immediately after partition. A UN ceasefire divides Kashmir along a line that remains disputed today. war ●●●
  42. 17 March 1948 Founding of the International Maritime Organization 0 cit. no story A UN maritime conference in Geneva adopts the convention creating the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization, now the IMO, the UN agency for shipping safety and marine pollution. It first met in London in 1959. diplomacy / economy / technology ●●
  43. 14 May 1948 Independence of Israel 0 cit. no story David Ben-Gurion proclaims the State of Israel as the British mandate over Palestine ends; war with neighboring Arab states follows immediately. politics / war ●●●●
  44. 4 January 1948 Independence of Myanmar 0 cit. no story Burma becomes independent from Britain as a republic outside the Commonwealth. politics ●●●
  45. 9 September 1948 Proclamation of North Korea 0 cit. no story The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is proclaimed in the Soviet-occupied north, three years after Japanese colonial rule ended. politics ●●●
  46. 15 August 1948 Establishment of South Korea 0 cit. no story The Republic of Korea is established in the south of the peninsula, three years after liberation from Japanese colonial rule. politics ●●●●
  47. 4 February 1948 Independence of Sri Lanka 0 cit. no story Ceylon becomes independent from Britain as a dominion; it became the Republic of Sri Lanka in 1972. politics ●●●
  48. 9 April 1948 to 1958 La Violencia 0 cit. no story Liberal and Conservative partisans wage a rural civil war in Colombia that kills around 200,000 people. Its legacies feed the guerrilla conflicts of later decades. politics / war ●●●
  49. 23 March 1950 Founding of the World Meteorological Organization 0 cit. no story The WMO Convention enters into force, turning the old International Meteorological Organization into an intergovernmental UN agency for weather, climate and water. The date is marked as World Meteorological Day. diplomacy / science ●●
  50. 24 December 1951 Independence of Libya 0 cit. no story Libya becomes an independent kingdom under Idris I, the first state to gain independence through the United Nations. politics ●●●
  51. 9 November 1953 Independence of Cambodia 0 cit. no story Cambodia gains full independence from France under King Norodom Sihanouk, leaving French Indochina. politics ●●●
  52. 22 October 1953 Independence of Laos 0 cit. no story The Franco-Lao Treaty grants Laos full independence from France as a constitutional monarchy. politics ●●●
  53. 26 July 1953 to 1 January 1959 Cuban Revolution 0 cit. no story Fidel Castro's guerrilla movement overthrows the Batista dictatorship. The revolution creates the western hemisphere's first communist state and a flashpoint of the Cold War. politics / war ●●●●
  54. 29 September 1954 Founding of CERN 0 cit. no story The convention of the European Organization for Nuclear Research enters into force, creating a shared physics laboratory near Geneva. CERN became the world's leading particle physics center and the birthplace of the World Wide Web. diplomacy / science ●●●
  55. 1 November 1954 to 19 March 1962 Algerian War 0 cit. no story The FLN fights France for Algerian independence in a war marked by torture, terrorism, and massive civilian death. Algeria wins independence in 1962 and the crisis brings down the French Fourth Republic. politics / war ●●●●
  56. 1 November 1955 to 30 April 1975 Vietnam War 0 cit. no story Communist North Vietnam and southern guerrillas fight the US-backed South, with massive American intervention from 1965. The war kills millions, ends with Saigon's fall in 1975, and reshapes American politics and foreign policy. politics / war ●●●●●
  57. 18 August 1955 to 27 March 1972 First Sudanese Civil War 0 cit. no story Southern Sudanese rebels fight the Arab-dominated government in Khartoum for autonomy. Around half a million die before the Addis Ababa Agreement grants the south limited self-rule. war ●●●
  58. 2 March 1956 Independence of Morocco 0 cit. no story France recognizes Moroccan independence, ending the protectorate; Spain relinquished its zone the following month. politics ●●●
  59. 1 January 1956 Independence of Sudan 0 cit. no story Sudan becomes independent from joint British-Egyptian rule. politics ●●●
  60. 20 March 1956 Independence of Tunisia 0 cit. no story France recognizes Tunisian independence, ending the protectorate; Habib Bourguiba became the republic's first president. politics ●●●
  61. 6 March 1957 Independence of Ghana 0 cit. no story The Gold Coast becomes Ghana, the first sub-Saharan African colony to gain independence, under Kwame Nkrumah. politics ●●●●
  62. 31 August 1957 Independence of Malaysia 0 cit. no story The Federation of Malaya becomes independent from Britain; Malaysia was formed in 1963 with Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore. politics ●●●
  63. 2 October 1958 Independence of Guinea 0 cit. no story Guinea becomes independent after voting no in de Gaulle's referendum, the only French African colony to reject the French Community. politics ●●●
  64. 1959 HIV/AIDS wikidata 0 cit. no story spectrum of conditions caused by HIV infection ●●●
  65. 19 April 1960 April Revolution wikidata 0 cit. no story popular uprising in South Korea in April 1960 by labor and student groups, precipitated by the killing of a high school student by a tear-gas shell in March; led to the resignation of the president S. Rhee and the transition to the Second Republic ●●●
  66. 1 August 1960 Independence of Benin 0 cit. no story Dahomey, later renamed Benin, becomes independent from France during the wave of African decolonization in 1960. politics ●●●
  67. 5 August 1960 Independence of Burkina Faso 0 cit. no story Upper Volta, renamed Burkina Faso in 1984, becomes independent from France. politics ●●●
  68. 1 January 1960 Independence of Cameroon 0 cit. no story French Cameroon becomes independent; the southern British Cameroons joined it in 1961 to form a federal republic. politics ●●●
  69. 13 August 1960 Independence of the Central African Republic 0 cit. no story The Central African Republic becomes independent from France, formerly the colony of Ubangi-Shari. politics ●●●
  70. 11 August 1960 Independence of Chad 0 cit. no story Chad becomes independent from France, with Francois Tombalbaye as its first president. politics ●●●
  71. 30 June 1960 Independence of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 0 cit. no story The Belgian Congo becomes independent with Patrice Lumumba as prime minister, followed quickly by the Congo Crisis. politics ●●●
  72. 15 August 1960 Independence of the Republic of the Congo 0 cit. no story The French Congo becomes the independent Republic of the Congo with Brazzaville as its capital. politics ●●●
  73. 16 August 1960 Independence of Cyprus 0 cit. no story Cyprus becomes an independent republic after British rule, under a power-sharing constitution between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. politics ●●●
  74. 17 August 1960 Independence of Gabon 0 cit. no story Gabon becomes independent from France, the last of the French Equatorial African states to do so in August 1960. politics ●●●
  75. 7 August 1960 Independence of Ivory Coast 0 cit. no story Ivory Coast becomes independent from France under Felix Houphouet-Boigny. politics ●●●
  76. 26 June 1960 Independence of Madagascar 0 cit. no story Madagascar becomes independent from France as the Malagasy Republic. politics ●●●
  77. 22 September 1960 Independence of Mali 0 cit. no story After the short-lived Mali Federation with Senegal collapses, the Republic of Mali proclaims its full independence. politics ●●●
  78. 28 November 1960 Independence of Mauritania 0 cit. no story Mauritania becomes independent from France as the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. politics ●●●
  79. 3 August 1960 Independence of Niger 0 cit. no story Niger becomes independent from France with Hamani Diori as its first president. politics ●●●
  80. 1 October 1960 Independence of Nigeria 0 cit. no story Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, becomes independent from Britain. politics ●●●●
  81. 4 April 1960 Independence of Senegal 0 cit. no story Senegal signs the independence agreement with France as part of the Mali Federation, becoming a separate republic when the federation split in August 1960. politics ●●●
  82. 1 July 1960 Independence of Somalia 0 cit. no story British Somaliland and the Italian-administered trust territory unite as the independent Somali Republic. politics ●●●
  83. 27 April 1960 Independence of Togo 0 cit. no story French Togoland becomes the independent Togolese Republic. politics ●●●
  84. 5 July 1960 to 25 November 1965 Congo Crisis 0 cit. no story The newly independent Congo collapses into secession, UN intervention, and Cold War proxy struggle, with Prime Minister Lumumba murdered. Mobutu's 1965 coup ends the crisis and begins three decades of dictatorship. politics / war ●●●
  85. 13 November 1960 to 29 December 1996 Guatemalan Civil War 0 cit. no story Leftist guerrillas fight US-backed military governments for 36 years. State violence, including genocidal campaigns against Maya communities, accounts for most of the roughly 200,000 dead. politics / war ●●●
  86. 1961 Seventh cholera pandemic wikidata 0 cit. no story the cholera pandemic, which spread mainly between 1961 and 1975, but the strain involved persists to the present ●●●
  87. 19 June 1961 Independence of Kuwait 0 cit. no story Kuwait becomes fully independent as Britain ends the 1899 protectorate agreement. politics ●●●
  88. 27 April 1961 Independence of Sierra Leone 0 cit. no story Sierra Leone becomes independent from Britain under Prime Minister Milton Margai. politics ●●●
  89. 1 September 1961 to 29 May 1991 Eritrean War of Independence 0 cit. no story Eritrean rebels fight Ethiopian rule for thirty years, outlasting both imperial and communist governments. Eritrea wins de facto independence in 1991, formalized by referendum in 1993. politics / war ●●●
  90. 4 February 1961 to 25 April 1974 Portuguese Colonial War 0 cit. no story Portugal fights independence movements in its African colonies for thirteen years. War-weariness triggers the 1974 Carnation Revolution in Lisbon, and the colonies win independence. politics / war ●●●
  91. 5 July 1962 Independence of Algeria 0 cit. no story Algeria becomes independent from France after an eight-year war of independence and the Evian Accords. politics / war ●●●●
  92. 1 July 1962 Independence of Burundi 0 cit. no story Burundi becomes independent from Belgian trusteeship as a kingdom, separating from Ruanda-Urundi. politics ●●●
  93. 6 August 1962 Independence of Jamaica 0 cit. no story Jamaica becomes independent from Britain after more than three hundred years of colonial rule. politics ●●●
  94. 1 July 1962 Independence of Rwanda 0 cit. no story Rwanda becomes independent from Belgian trusteeship as a republic, separating from Ruanda-Urundi. politics ●●●
  95. 1 January 1962 Independence of Samoa 0 cit. no story Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand administration, the first Pacific island state to gain independence. politics ●●
  96. 31 August 1962 Independence of Trinidad and Tobago 0 cit. no story Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent from Britain under Eric Williams; it became a republic in 1976. politics ●●
  97. 9 October 1962 Independence of Uganda 0 cit. no story Uganda becomes independent from Britain with Milton Obote as prime minister. politics ●●●
  98. 1963 to 1979 White Revolution wikidata 0 cit. no story 1963-1979 reforms by the Shah of Iran ●●●
  99. 21 September 1964 Independence of Malta 0 cit. no story Malta becomes independent from Britain; it became a republic in 1974. politics ●●
  100. 26 April 1964 Formation of Tanzania 0 cit. no story Tanganyika, independent from Britain since 1961, unites with Zanzibar to form the United Republic of Tanzania. politics ●●●