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11 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. 1962–1964 · 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

5. 1963 · Other

   Founding of FLEC, 1963

   Three Cabindan nationalist organisations merged to form FLEC.

   In: Cabinda

6. 1963 · Conflict episode

   Guinea-Bissau War of Independence begins, 1963

   The PAIGC began an armed insurgency against Portuguese colonial rule in 1963, a war that lasted until the 1974 Algiers Accord.

   In: Guinea-Bissau

7. 1 May 1963 · Election

   Kenya general election, 1963

   In the May 1963 general election, the Kenya African National Union (KANU), led by Jomo Kenyatta, won 83 of 124 House of Representatives seats, forming the Madaraka self-government administration from 1 June 1963 ahead of full independence.

   In: Kenya

8. 13 July 1963 · Agreement

   Malta Independence Conference, 1963

   A constitutional conference held in London in July 1963, led for Malta by Premier George Borg Olivier, agreed that Britain would grant Malta independence, though disagreements over the constitution's terms continued into 1964.

   In: Malta

9. 14 August 1963 · Other

   Yolngu Bark Petitions, 1963

   The Yolngu people presented bark petitions to Parliament, the first Aboriginal use of Westminster parliamentary forms.

   In: Aboriginal Australian sovereignties

10. 12 December 1963 · Declaration

    Independence of Kenya, 1963

    The Kenya Independence Act, 1963 ended British responsibility for the government of Kenya with effect from 12 December 1963.

    In: Kenya

11. 16 December 1963 · Recognition

    Admission of Kenya to the United Nations, 1963

    The Security Council unanimously recommended Kenya's admission to the United Nations on 16 December 1963, four days after independence, and the General Assembly admitted it the same day.

    In: Kenya