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13 events.

1. 1955–1975 · 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. 1960–1965 · 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. 1961–1975 · 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

4. 1962 · Other

   1962 exodus of pieds-noirs and killing of harkis

   Roughly 800,000 French settlers fled to France, while French-sourced estimates put harki deaths at over 60,000.

   In: Algeria

5. 1962–1964 · Conflict episode

   British Guiana disturbances, 1962-1964

   Ethnic and political violence in 1962, 1963 and 1964, amid Cold War-era efforts to destabilise the PPP government, killed a combined total of roughly 195 people and injured well over a thousand.

   In: Guyana

6. 1 January 1962 · Declaration

   Independence of Western Samoa, 1962

   Western Samoa became independent from New Zealand on 1 January 1962 under the Independent State of Western Samoa Act, 1961, following a UN-requested plebiscite and a UN General Assembly vote to end the trusteeship, becoming the first Pacific island state to gain independence.

   In: Samoa

7. 18 March 1962 · Agreement

   Évian Accords, 1962

   France and the Algerian Provisional Government signed the Évian Accords, ending the Algerian War of Independence and providing for a ceasefire and a self-determination referendum.

   In: Algeria

8. 1 July 1962 · Referendum or popular consultation

   Algerian self-determination referendum, 1962

   Algerians voted on 1 July 1962 on whether Algeria should become an independent state co-operating with France under the terms of the Évian Accords; 99.72% of votes cast were for independence.

   In: Algeria

9. 3 July 1962 · Declaration

   Independence of Algeria, 1962

   France declared Algerian independence on 3 July 1962, two days after the self-determination referendum.

   In: Algeria

10. 1 August 1962 · Agreement

    Treaty of Friendship between Samoa and New Zealand, 1962

    Signed 1 August 1962, the Treaty of Friendship provided that New Zealand would, when requested, act as Samoa's diplomatic channel of communication with other governments and international organisations, without impairing Samoa's right to formulate its own foreign policy.

    In: Samoa

11. 6 August 1962 · Declaration

    Independence of Jamaica, 1962

    The Jamaica Independence Act, 1962 ended British responsibility for the government of Jamaica with effect from 6 August 1962.

    In: Jamaica

12. 18 September 1962 · Recognition

    Admission of Jamaica to the United Nations, 1962

    The Security Council unanimously recommended Jamaica's admission to the United Nations on 12 September 1962, and the General Assembly admitted it on 18 September 1962.

    In: Jamaica

13. 8 October 1962 · Recognition

    Admission of Algeria to the United Nations, 1962

    Following the Security Council's recommendation, the General Assembly admitted the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria as a member of the United Nations.

    In: Algeria