Category

1960s revolutions

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Cultural Revolution

1966–1976 Maoist sociopolitical movement in China

May 1968 civil unrest in France

war between France and the Algerian independence movement from 1954 to 1962

Mau Mau Uprising

anti- colonial Insurgency in Kenya from 1952 to 1960

Zanzibar Revolution

revolution in Zanzibar in 1964

Nicaraguan Revolution

20th century armed conflict in Nicaragua

April Revolution

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

Ramadan Revolution

1963 Ba'athist military coup in Iraq

Rwandan Revolution

period of ethnic violence in Rwanda (1959–1961)

December 1962 insurrection in the British protectorate of Brunei

1969 Libyan coup d'état

also known as the 'al-Fateh Revolution' or the '1 September Revolution'

17 July Revolution

1968 Ba'athist coup in Iraq

Armed rebellion against British colonial rule in Yemen

1962 Burmese coup d'état

Major Burmese political event

Argentine Revolution

period of military dictatorship in Argentina between 1966 and 1973

Dominican Civil War

1965 civil war in the Dominican Republic

1965 Algerian coup d'état

overthrow of Ahmed Ben Bella by Houari Boumedienne