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1944

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1945

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1946

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1947

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1948

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Go to Kim Il Sung (1912–1994) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.)

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Go to Berlin Blockade and Airlift (1948–1949) in The Oxford Companion to United States History (1 ed.)

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1949

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1950

Go to Teller, Edward (1908–2003) in The Oxford Companion to United States History (1 ed.)

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Go to McCarthy, Joseph Raymond (b. 14 Nov. 1908) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.)

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Go to Rosenberg, Julius (b. 12 May 1918) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.)

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1951
1952

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1953

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1954

Go to McCarthy, Joseph Raymond (b. 14 Nov. 1908) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.)

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Go to Oppenheimer, Robert (1904–67) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.)

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1955

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Go to Nasser, Gamal Abdel in The Oxford Companion to the Politics of the World (2 ed.)

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Go to Austrian State Treaty (15 May 1955) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.)

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1956

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Go to Castro Ruz, Fidel (13 Aug. 1926) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.)

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1957

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1958

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1959

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1960

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1961

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Go to Tito, Josip (b. 25 May 1892) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.)

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1962


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1963

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1964

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1965

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1966
1967

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1968

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Go to Prague Spring in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.)

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Go to Dubček, Alexander (27 Nov. 1921) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.)

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Go to Kissinger, Henry Alfred (1923– ) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.)

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1969

Go to Husák, Gustáv (b. 10 Jan. 1913) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.)

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1970

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Go to Lon Nol (b. 13 Nov. 1913) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.)

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1971

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1973

Go to Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto (b. 25 Nov. 1915) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.)

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Go to Allende, Salvador (b. 26 July 1908) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.)

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1974

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1975

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1980

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Go to Wałesa, Lech (1943– ) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.)

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1981

Go to Jaruzelski, Wojciech Witold (b. 6 July 1923) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.)

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1982

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1984
1985

Go to Gorbachev, Mikhail S. (1931– ) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.)

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Go to Paz Estenssoro, Victor (b. 2 Oct. 1907) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.)

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1988

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1989

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Go to Honecker, Erich (25 Aug. 1912) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.)

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Go to Velvet Revolution (1989) in A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (3 ed.)

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Go to Ceauçescu, Nicolae (1918–1989) in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century (1 ed.)

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Go to Havel, Václav (5 Oct. 1936) in A Dictionary of Political Biography (1 rev ed.)

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1990

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