1950's
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1980's
1990's
 
- 1950 First Kidney transplant
- 1952 Britain's first atomic bomb
- 1953 Mount Everest climbed
- 1953 DNA unravelled
- 1954 Fortran developed
- 1954 First oral contraceptives
- 1955 Hovercraft
- 1956 Videotape
- 1957 Soviet Sputnik flight
- 1958 Silicon chip
- 1959 North Sea gas discovered
- 1959 Integrated circuits developed
- 1959 Antarctic treaty
- 1950 First Kidney transplant
- 1953 DNA unravelled
- 1953 Mount Everest climbed
- 1955 Hovercraft
- 1956 Videotape
- 1957 Soviet Sputnik flight
- 1958 Silicon chip
- 1959 North Sea gas discovered
- 1959 Integrated circuits developed
- 1960 Lasers developed
- 1961 Yuri Gagarin becomes first man in space
- 1962 Communications Satellites
- 1963 Cassette tape recorder
- 1964 Word Processor
- 1965 Miniskirts
- 1967 Satellite navigation
- 1969 First man on moon
- 1969 Concorde








- 1970 Concorde
- 1970 Floppy disk
- 1970 Satellite navigation
- 1971 Decimalisation of currency
- 1972 Home video games
- 1973 Skylab
- 1973 Oil Shock
- 1975 Altair 8800 is first personal computer
- 1978 First test tube baby
- 1978 First Apple computer









- 1980 Smallpox officially eliminated
- 1981 Space shuttle Columbia
- 1981 first reports of AIDS
- 1982 CD's on sale
- 1982 US Cruise missiles
- 1984 Genetic fingerprinting
- 1985 Desk Top Publishing
- 1985 Live Aid
- 1986 Chernobyl
- 1988 Hawking's Brief History of Time









- 1996 Rise & rise of Internet
- 1997 Mars landing

1950's
1960's
1970's
1980's
1990's
 
Britain Vs Northern Ireland Civil War 1968 - 1994
 
- 1952 Britain's first atomic bomb - 1962 Beatles come out
- 1966 England wins World Cup
- 1969 Ulster troubles in Ireland		 - 1971 N. Ireland Internment policy
- Decimalisation of currency in Britain
- 1973 Britain joins European Community
- 1974 IRA bombing of mainland
- Three day week in Britain to conserve electricity
- 1975 IMF assists Britain
- 1979 Thatcher PM		    
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1960's
1970's
1980's
1990's
 
- 1950 Schumann plan





 - 1961 Berlin wall erected



- 1968 Czechoslovakia invaded by Warpac

First man on moon 1969 First man on Moon
- Right Stuff 1983
- Apollo 13 1999
- From Earth to Moon 1998
- 1969 - 02 IRA - Norther Ireland's civil war 2,000 deaths
- 1968 - 1994 Britain Vs Northern Ireland Civil War



- 1982 Falkland war
- 1985 Britain isolated in Commonwealth over South African sanctions
- 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident
- 1989 Berlin Wall crumbles
- 1991 - 2009 Russia-Chechnya civil war 200,000 deaths

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1960's
1970's
1980's
1990's
Yugo War
 
- 1951 Cyprus bids for Independence
- 1955 EOKA terrorist campaign in Cyprus
- 1956 Hungarian revolt
- 1957 Macmillan PMEEC formed
- 1959 Cyprus joins Commonwealth 		- 1964 Malta becomes independent - 1974 Cyprus invaded by Turkey   - 1992 Break up of Yugoslavia
- 1992 - 96 Yugoslavian wars 260,000 deaths
- 1999 Kosovo's liberation war - NATO vs Serbia 2,000 deaths
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1960's
1970's
1980's
1990's
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
1922 - 1991
Russia-Chechnya civil war 1991 - 2009
   
Taj CW
 
Ar v Az
 
- 1953 death of Stalin & subsequent rise of Khrushchev.
- 1955 Warsaw Pact signed 		- 1962 Mass exodus of Kazakhs from Xinjiang to Soviet Central Asia.
- 1962 Border clashes between Chinese & Indian forces in Kashmir.
- 1964 Brezhnev ousts Krushchev
- 1965 Indo Pakistan war 		     
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1960's
1970's
1980's
1990's
 
Algerian war
1954 - 1962
 
 
 
F-A wa
 
 
Somalia civil war
 
Mozambique's civil war 1976 - 93
 
CW
 
 
Mozambique Frelimo vs Portugal
1962 - 75
Men Vs
Ethiopia
 
Bur CW
93 - 05
 
South Africa vs Africa National Congress
1960 - 90
 
Congo CW
91 - 97
 
E v
E
Rh Vs Zim CW
1972 - 79
Chad civil War
1982 - 90
 
Sierra Leon CW
91 - 00
Ethiopian Civil War
1974 - 91
 
Alg CW
1992 - 99
 
   
Francisco Nguema
1969 - 79
 
   
Idi Amin, Uganda 1969 - 79
 
rebellion in Kenya
1952 - 60
 
Ni Vs B
 
Sudanese civil war 1983 - 2002 19
North:
East:
Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya Rebellion in Kenya
1952 - 60 20,000 deaths
- Something of Value 1957
- Kitchen Toto 1987
- Hemingway, Hunter of Death 2001
- Snows of Kilimanjaro 1952
- 1953 Algerian crisis begins
- 1954 Withdrawal from Sudan
- 1954 Troops removed from Egypt
- 1954 - 62 French-Algerian war 368,000 deaths
- 1956 Suez crisis
Ghana 1957 - Present 54
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Malay states 1957 - Present 54
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Gold Coast 1957 - Present 54
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Uganda - Present
1962 - Present 39
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- 1960 Belgian Congo gains independence
British Somaliland
1960 - Present 51
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Nigeria 1960 - Present 51
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- 1960 - 90 South Africa vs Africa National Congress
Sierra Leone 1961 - Present 50
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Cameroon 1961 - Present 50
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Tanganyika 1961 - 4 3
- Tanzania
- 1961 South Africa leaves Commonwealth
- 1962 - 75 Mozambique Frelimo vs Portugal
Kenya 1963 - Present 48
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Zanzibar 1963 - Present 48
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Northern Rhodesia
1964 - Present 47
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Zambia 1964 - Present 47
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Malawi 1964 - Present 47
- (Nyasaland)
Malta 1964 - Present 47
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Southern Rhodesia
1965 - Present 46
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Botswana 1966 - Present 45
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Lesotho 1966 - Present 45
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Gambia 1966 - Present 45
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- 1967 - 70 Nigeria-Biafra civil war 800,000 deaths
Mauritius 1968 - Present 43
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Swaziland 1968 - Present 43
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- 1968 - 80 Rhodesia's civil war
- 1969 - 79 Francisco Macias Nguema, Equatorial Guinea 50,000 deaths
- 1969 - 79 Idi Amin, Uganda 300,000 deaths
- 1972 Burundi's civil war 300,000 deaths
- 1972 Asians expelled from Uganda
- 1972 - 79 Rhodesia/Zimbabwe's civil war 30,000 deaths
- 1974 - 91 Ethiopian civil war 1,000,000 deaths
- 1975 - 78 Menghitsu, Ethiopia 1.5 million deaths
- 1975 - 2002 Angolan civil war 500,000 deaths
Seychelles 1976 - Present 35
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- 1976 - 93 Mozambique's civil war 900,000 deaths
- 1979 Rhodesian settlement reached

Zimbabwe 1980 - Present 31
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- 1982 - 90 Hissene Habre, Chad 40,000 deaths
- 1983 - 2002 Sudanese civil war 2 million deaths
- 1986 US bombing of Libya
- 1988 - 2004 Somalia's civil war 550,000 deaths
- 1989 Uganda vs Lord's Resistance Army 30,000 deaths
- 1991 - 97 Congo's civil war 800,000 deaths
- 1991 - 2000 Sierra Leone's civil war 200,000 deaths
- 1992 - 99 Algerian civil war 150,000 deaths
- 1993 - 2005 Burundi's civil war 200,000 deaths
End of Aparteid 1994 End of Aparteid
- Mandela 1987
- Mandela & De Klerk 1997
- 1995 - 96 Chad civil war
- Daresalam 2000
- 1998 - 2000 Ethiopia-Eritrea war 75,000 deaths
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1960's
1970's
1980's
1990's
 
Ni Vs B
   
     
- 1989 Liberian civil war 220,000 deaths
- 1995 Nigeria suspended from Commonwealth
1950's
1960's
1970's
1980's
1990's
     
Angolan civil war 1975 - 2002
Angola
Burundi
Rwanda
Zaire
Congo
Gabon
ST & Princ
CAF
Cameroon
        - 1994 Rwanda's civil war 900,000 deaths
- 1998 - Congo/Zaire's war - Rwanda & Uganda vs Zimbabwe, Angola & Namibia 3.8 million deaths
1950's
1960's
1970's
1980's
1990's
 
 
Rhodesia's civil war 1968 - 80
 
     
Zimbabwe 1980 - Present 31
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- 1985 Britain isolated in Commonwealth over South African sanctions 		- 1990 South West Africa becomes Independent Namibia
- 1990 Nelson Mandela freed
- 1994 Multi racial elections in South Africa
- 1996 South Africa rejoins Commonwealth
1950's
1960's
1970's
1980's
1990's
 
Kurds vs Iraq 1961 - 2003
 
 
Kurds vs Turkey
1980 - 99
 
   
First Intifada
1987 - 92
 
civil war in Lebanon 1975 - 90
   
West:
Central:
Algerian war 1954 - 1962 Algerian War
- Cache 2005
- Legionnaire 1998
- Outpost in Morocco 1949
- Rachida 2002
- Outremer 1990
- La Trahison (The Betrayal) 2005
- 1955 EOKA terrorist campaign in Cyprus
- 1956 Second Arab-Israeli war. 231 Israeli & 3,000 Egyptians die

- 1960 OPEC formed
- 1961 Saudis take over defence of Kuwait from Britain
- 1961 - 2003 Kurds vs Iraq 180,000 deaths
- 1967 Six day war. Third Arab-Israeli war. 776 Israeli & 20,000 Arabs die
- 1967 Aden independence

Bahrain 1971 - Present 40
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Qatar 1971 - Present 40
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- 1973 Fourth Arab-Israeli war 2,688 Israeli & 18,000 Arabs die
- 1973 Oil Shock
- 1974 Cyprus invade d by Turkey
- 1975 - 90 civil war in Lebanon 40,000 deaths
- 1978 Camp David Accords
- 1979 USSR invades Afghanistan 1.3 million deaths
- The Beast 1988
- 1979 Shah if Iran overthrown
- 1979 Russia invades Afghanistan
- The Beast 1988
- 1980 - 8 Iran Iraq war
- Soraya 2003


- 1980 - 88 Iraq-Iran war 1 million deaths
- 1980 - 99 Kurds vs Turkey 35,000 deaths
- 1982 Israel invades Lebanon
- 1987 Palestinian Intifada 4,500 deaths
- 1987 - 92 First Intifada 170 Israelis & 1,000 Palestinians
- 1988 - 2001 Afghanistan civil war 400,000 deaths
- 1990 Iraq invades Kuwait
- 1991 Gulf War - large coalition against Iraq to liberate Kuwait 85,000 deaths
- 1993 Palestinian Israeli peace accords
- 1995 - Pakistani Sunnis vs Shiites 1,300 deaths
- 1991 - 94 Armenia-Azerbaijan war 35,000 deaths
- 1992 - 96 Tajikstan's civil war war 50,000 deaths

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1960's
1970's
1980's
1990's
   
Iraq-Iran war 1
1980 - 88
Afghanistan civil war
1988 - 2001
 
- 1965 2nd India-Pakistan war over Kashmir
- 1971 Pakistan-Bangladesh civil war 500,000 deaths
- 1972 Bangladesh leaves Pakistan



- 1983 Sri Lanka's civil war 70,000 deaths
- 1986 Indian Kashmir's civil war 60,000 deaths


- 1995 - Maoist rebellion in Nepal 12,000 deaths
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1960's
1970's
1980's
1990's
 
 
Laos' civil war 1975 - 87
 
   
Km Rou
 
 
Vietnam war 1955 - 75
Boat people, Vietnam 1975 - 89
 
 
Indonesia vs West Papua/Irian 1961 - 98
 
   
Aceh Indonesia 1976 - 2005 29
 
IW
 
Indonesia-East Timor civil war 1976 - 98 22
 
 
- 1968 Tet offensive in Vietnam
- 1969 Philippines vs New People's Army 40,000 deaths

- 1979 Vietnam-China war 30,000 deaths
- 1979 Kiribati volcano
- 1972 Philippines vs Muslim separatists Moro Islamic Liberation Front, etc 120,000 deaths
- 1975 End of Vietnam war
- 1975 Khmer Rouge take over Cambodia
- 1975 - 9 4 Khmer Rouge, Cambodia 1.7 million deaths
- 1975 - 89 Boat people, Vietnam 250,000 deaths
- 1975 - 87 Laos' civil war 184,000 deaths
- 1976 - 98 Indonesia-East Timor civil war 600,000 deaths
- 1976 - 2005 Indonesia-Aceh (GAM) civil war 12,000 deaths
Brunei 1984 - Present 27
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1990's
Good ys Ch
 
GL
C Rev
   
Korean
 
 
 
Japan
- 1949 – 1956 Generally seen as ‘good years’ of Chinese socialism. Land is redistributed to peasants & economy grows.
- 1950 - 53 Korean war 3 million deaths
- 1954 Dien Bien Phu forces French out of Vietnam
- 1956 Hundred Flowers Campaign encourages intellectuals to give their opinions about government. Many that do are sent straight to jail.
- 1958 - 61 Mao's "Great Leap Forward" 38 million deaths. an attempt to boost production through re-redistribution of land (into enormous communes) & millions of backyard furnaces. result was two failed harvests & millions of deaths from starvation



- 1961 - 98 Indonesia vs West Papua/Irian 100,000 deaths
Vietnam war 1955 - 75
3 million deaths Vietnam War
- We Were Soldiers 2002
- Platoon 1986
- 1965 - 66 Indonesian civil war 250,000 deaths
- 1966 After a few years away from power, discredited by Great Leap Forward, Mao starts Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. Cultural Revolution is a time of utter chaos where university students (and later, even younger students) formed into bands of ‘Red Guards’ & went round destroying anything redolent of West, capitalism, religion or tradition. Mao’s rivals within Party were purged, thousands of lives were ruined, health & education system collapsed, & most of China’s cultural heritage was destroyed.
- 1966 - 69 Mao's "Cultural Revolution" 11 million deaths
- 1972 Lin Biao incident sees death of Mao’s greatest ally & propagandist, Lin Biao. Historians speculate that he may have attempted a coup against Mao.
- 1976 Death of Mao Zedong
- 1976 chaos of cultural revolution ends with death of Mao. Hua Guofeng takes over, but has no real powerbase.
- 1977 Deng Xiaoping leads China
- 1978 Deng Xiaoping ousts Hua Guofeng and, for almost first time in Chinese history, allows his predecessor a relatively peaceful retirement.
- 1979 Vietnam-China war 30,000 deaths






- 1980 Deng begins policies of ‘reform & opening up’ which see China open up its economy & (to a much lesser degree) political life.
Vanuatu 1980 - Present 31
- New Hebrides islands.
- 1989 Tiananmen square
- 1989 Violent suppression of Tiananmen Square protests dents hopes for further political reform & tarnishes China’s international image, but has little long term effect on economic progress. Jiang Zemin becomes leader, some speculate he gets leadership because of his firm ideological stance & successful handling of student protests in Shanghai.


- 1995 Work begins on Three Gorges Dam.
- 1997 Deng dies
- 1997 Hong Kong returns to China.

 
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Solomon Islands
Marshall Islands
Easter Island
Hawaii
- 1951 ANZUS pact in Pacific
Western Samoa - Present
1962 - Present 39
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- 1970 Fiji & Tongan Independence
- 1975 Papua New Guinea gains Independence

- 1979 Gilbert Islands becomes Independent

- 1987 Fiji leaves Commonwealth		  
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Apollo Program 61 - 75
 
80's Music
 
 
Gemini
 
Kyle Pounds 1973 - Present
 
US in Vietnam War 61 - 75
 
El Salvador's civil war 1977 - 92
 
The Cold War 1945 - 91
 
Mccarthyism
1949 - 69
Argentinean fascism 76 - 83
   
Truman
D Eisenhower
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Ford
Carter
R Reagan
Bush
B Clinton
Mexico
United States of America
Canada
- 1945 - 53 9 Harry S Truman
- 1945 - 91 46 Cold War
- 1949 - 69 20 Mccarthyism
- Good Night & Good Luck 2005
- 1950 - 53 Korean War
- 1953 - 91 Dwight D Eisenhower
- 1952 Priest-king Pacal's tomb at Palenque is discovered & excavated by Mexican archaeologist Alberto Ruz, marking first time a tomb has been found inside a Maya pyramid. Prior to this, Maya pyramids were believed to be temples with a purely religious or ceremonial purpose.
- 1953 McCarthy era in US
- 1950 Urantia Book- Dr. Bill Sadler
- 1950 Lafayette Ronald Hubbard published his book Dianetics-SCIENTOLOGY
- 1954 Atherius Society (UFO’s)- Dr. George King
- 1954 Unification Church- Sun Myung Moon
- 1955 Scientology- L. Ron Hubbard
- 1958 Institute of Divine Metaphysical Research- Henry Kinley
- 1958 Mark & E.C. Prophet
- 1958 Henry Kinley begins (IDMR) Institute of Divine Metaphysical Research
- 1958 - 70 Church Universal & Triumphant
- 1959 Unitariarian Universalist



- 1960 - 96 Guatemala's civil war 200,000 deaths
- 1961 - 75 US in Vietnam War
- 1961 - 63 John F Kennedy
- 1962 Commonwealth immigrants act in America
- 1963 - 69 Lynden B Johnson
- 1961 - 75 Apollo Program
- 1962 - 66 Gemini Program
- 1969 Open Universities
- Malcolm X 1992
- 1969 Woodstock
- Woodstock 1970
- 1960 Enkankar- Paul Twitchell
- 1961 Unitarian Universalism was officially formed.
- 1964 Eckankar The Ancient Science of Soul Travel (Eck).  Founded by Paul Twitchell
- 1965 Assembly of Yahweh-Jacob Meyer
- 1966 Church of Satan – Anton LaVey
- 1968 Hare Krishna (US)- Swami Prabhupada
- 1968 Children of God- David (Moses) Berg
- 1960 Transcendental meditation- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi










- 1969 - 74 Richard Nixon
- Nixon 1995
- 1972 Watergate
- 1973 Oil Shock
- 1973 Skylab
- Kyle Pounds born
- 1974 Watergate
- 1974 - 77 4 Gerald Ford
Argentinean fascism
1976 - 83 20,000 deaths Argentinean Fascism
- Miss Mary 1986
- Evita 1996
- Funny Dirty Little War
- Official Story 1985
- Carla's Song 1997
- 1977 - 81 Jimmy Carter
- 1977 - 92 El Salvador's civil war 75,000 deaths
- 1970 Findhorn Community –Peter & Eileen Caddy –David Spangler
- 1970 Divine light Mission- Guru Maharaj Ji
- 1973 CARP was established in United States.  [The Collegiate Association for Research of Principles] to introduce teachings of un Myung Moon.
- 1974 Assemblies of Yahweh-Sam Suratt
- 1979 Church of Christ International - Kip McKean





- 1980 - 90 Eighties music
- 1980 - 92 12 Sendero Luminoso Peru's civil war 69,000 deaths
- 1981 Belize independent
- 1981 - 90 Nicaragua vs Contras 60,000 deaths
- 1981 - 89 Ronald Reagan
- 1986 Peak Unemployment of 3.5 m in America
- 1987 Stock Market crisis
- 1989 - 93 George HW Bush
- 1980 - 1982 Tara Center-Benjamen Crème
- 1980 House of Yahweh (Abilene) Jacob Hawkins
- 1993 - 2001 Bill Clinton
 
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Church Universal & Triumphant 1958 - 70
T C
   
Central:
Carribean:
Lesser Antilles
Greater Antilles
Lucayan Archipelago
- 1956 Castro & Guevara land in Cuba
- 1958 West Indies Federation formed
- 1961 Bay of pigs
- 1962 Cuban missile crisis become independent
- 1962 Maya hieroglyphic signs are first catalogued. Uncontrolled looting of Maya tombs & other sites begins around this time in southern lowlands, continuing until well into 1970s.
Jamaica 1962 - Present 39
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Trinidad & Tobago
1962 - Present 39
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- 1973 Bahamas become Independent
- 1974 Grenada Independent
- 1976 US invades Nicaragua
- 1978 Dominica Independent



- 1980 Bishop Romero assasinated in El Salvador
- Romero 1989
- 1983 Grenada invaded by US
- 1989 Invasion of Panama
- Noriega: God's Favorite 2000


 
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Columbia
 
- 1966 Colombia's civil war 31,000 deaths
- 1973 Coup in Chile
- Missing 1982
- 1973 Chilean Fascism
- Of Love & Shadows 1994
- 1976 Coup in Argentina


- 1982 Falkland war