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* 1960 – Dahomey ( later renamed Benin ) declares independence from France.
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1960 and Dahomey
From 1894 until 1960 Dahomey was a part of French West Africa.
The independent Republic of Dahomey existed from 1960 to 1975.
In 1958, Dahomey became an autonomous republic, and gained full independence in 1960.
On 11 July 1960 France agreed to Dahomey becoming fully independent.
Dahomey declared independence on 1 August 1960.
Between 1960 and 1972, a succession of military coups in Benin ( known until 1975 as the Republic of Dahomey ) brought about many changes of government.
* in present Benin, since 13 October 1946 Dahomey overseas territory, on 4 December 1958 granted autonomy as Republic of Dahomey, the last ( acting ) governor, René Tirant ( b. 1907 ), stayed on as only High commissioner till the 1 August 1960 independence
Senegal and former French Sudan became the Mali Federation ( 1960 – 61 ), while Côte d ' Ivoire, Niger, Upper Volta and Dahomey subsequently formed the short-lived Sahel-Benin Union, later the Conseil de l ' Entente.
When Dahomey gained its independence from France on August 11, 1960, Maga was appointed to the presidency, and was officially elected to that post on December 11.
He served as president of the National Assembly of Dahomey from April 1959 to November 1960 and as prime minister of Benin from 1964 to 1965.
On August 1, 1960 Dahomey gained its independence and Maga became its first president.
After Dahomey gained independence in 1960, Alley travelled back to his homeland and led a paratrooper unit.
1 August 1960 – Dahomey gains complete independence, outside of the French Community.
1960 and later
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The cubists, dadaists, Stravinsky, and many later art movements struggled against this conception that beauty was central to the definition of art, with such success that, according to Danto, " Beauty had disappeared not only from the advanced art of the 1960 ’ s but from the advanced philosophy of art of that decade as well.
The two teams met in the first regular season game the Cowboys ever played in 1960 ( a 35 – 28 loss to the Steelers ), the first-ever regular season victory for the expansion Cowboys in 1961, and would later meet in three Super Bowls, all of them closely contested events.
Newcomb's tables formed the basis of all astronomical ephemerides of the Sun from 1900 through 1983: they were originally expressed ( and published ) in terms of Greenwich Mean Time and the mean solar day, but later, in respect of the period 1960 – 1983, they were treated as expressed in terms of ET, in accordance with the adopted ET proposal of 1948 – 52.
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Born in Brooklyn, Kushner was educated at Columbia University and later obtained his rabbinical ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary ( JTS ) in 1960.
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These events were later shown on a program called Loch Ness Discovered, in conjunction with analyses and enhancements of the 1960 Dinsdale Film, the Surgeon's Photo, and the Rines Flipper Photo.
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After achieving independence in 1960 the Faidem's ( Force Aerienne Islamique de Mauritanie ) was supplied equipment by France, such as C-47s and MH. 1521 Broussards, which was later replaced by the Britten-Norman BN-2A Defender between 1976 – 78 and had operated as a transport and observation squadron in the Western Sahara War.
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Three years later, in 1960, Remey made a written announcement that his appointment as president of the international council represented an appointment by Shoghi Effendi as Guardian, because the appointed council was a precursor to the elected Universal House of Justice, which has the Guardian as its president.
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Also influenced by Carl Barks in the late Fifties and up to about 1963 he wrote and penciled stories like Topolino e la collana Chirikawa ( 1960 ) or The Flying Scot ( 1957 ) that have, later, been translated in many different languages throughout the world.
Union membership and activity grew rapidly during the later months of 1960, including the Teachers ' Union, Journalists ' Union, and the Federation of Korean Trade Union.
British Somaliland became independent on June 26, 1960 as the State of Somaliland, and the Trust Territory of Somalia ( the former Italian Somaliland ) followed suit five days later.
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