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  1. · Conflict episode

    Vietnam War and the Fall of Saigon, 1955-1975

    A second, longer conflict between North and South Vietnam, with United States military involvement from the early 1960s, ended with the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

    In: Vietnam

  2. · Conflict episode

    Congo Crisis, 1960-1965

    Within days of independence, a Force Publique mutiny and the secessions of Katanga and South Kasai plunged the new state into crisis; the Congo Crisis lasted until Joseph Mobutu's coup on 25 November 1965 and is estimated to have caused roughly 100,000 deaths.

    In: Democratic Republic of the Congo

  3. · Conflict episode

    Angolan War of Independence begins, 1961

    Nationalist uprisings in 1961, including attacks by the MPLA and the UPA (a forerunner of the FNLA), opened a thirteen-year war of independence against Portuguese colonial rule.

    In: Angola

  4. · Other

    The Secret War in Laos, 1961-1975

    CIA-recruited Hmong fighters engaged in a covert conflict in Laos, later facing persecution after the war's end.

    In: Hmong self-determination projects

  5. · Conflict episode

    Removal and killing of Patrice Lumumba, 1961

    Patrice Lumumba, the Congo's first Prime Minister, was transferred to Katanga on 17 January 1961 and killed the same day; a 2001 Belgian parliamentary commission of inquiry found that Belgian authorities bore "moral responsibility" for failing to prevent the killing, and Belgium's Foreign Minister apologised in February 2002.

    In: Democratic Republic of the Congo

  6. In: Kachin self-determination

  7. · Other

    Eritrean War of Independence begins, 1961

    The Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF), founded 1960, launched the armed independence struggle against Ethiopian rule under Hamid Idris Awate; the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) split from the ELF in 1970 and later became the dominant nationalist force.

    In: Eritrea

  8. · Referendum or popular consultation

    1961 West Indies Federation membership referendum

    A referendum on 19 September 1961 asked Jamaican voters whether the country should remain in the West Indies Federation; 54.11% voted against, leading to Jamaica's withdrawal and the Federation's dissolution the following year.

    In: Jamaica

  9. · Organisation founded

    Frisian National Party (FNP) founded, 1961

    A regionalist party advocating federalism and language protection for Friesland was founded, becoming the movement's leading electoral vehicle.

    In: Frisian political-status movements