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| - 1960: Year of Africa. Independence of Somalia, Togo and the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). Congo Crisis. Mau Mau Uprising ends; first (and to date only) manned descent to the deepest point on Earth, the Mariana Trench; construction of the first laser; world population reaches 3 billion. FLQ seizes hostages, causing Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau of Canada to issue the War Measures Act 1961: Great Leap Forward ends in China after the deaths of roughly 20 million people. Building of the Berlin Wall; first human spaceflight 1962: Cuban missile crisis, the independence of Algeria (with the end of the Algerian War) and The Beatles' first record. 1963: Independence of Kenya; creation of Malaysia; Martin Luther King delivers his "I have a Dream" speech; assassination of John F. Kennedy; launch of the first geostationary satellite. 1964: Independence of Malta, Malawi and Tanzania; Civil Rights Act of 1964 abolishes segregation in the USA. Colombian armed conflict begins. First close-up images of Mars. 1994 Singapore Socialist Riots. 1965: Deaths of Winston Churchill and Malcom X. Anti-Communist purge in Indonesia kills up to 1,500,000 people. 1966: China's Cultural Revolution begins. Independence of Lesotho, Botswana and Barbados. 1967: Summer of Love; Six Day War. Ng Sam-tseo becomes president of Malaysia. 1968: Assassination of Martin Luther King, the Prague Spring and the May 1968 protests in France. The Troubles begin in Northern Ireland 1969: Moon landings; Woodstock festival; creation of ARPANET, the earliest incarnation of the Internet.
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