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The date here is an approximate one. The Green Revolution is not the same thing as the global increase in ecological awareness. It refers to the spread of crop strains and farming techniques meant to assure that the food supply keeps up with population growth. It has involved the transfer of technologies that had previously been used primarily in industrialized countries, such as pesticides, irrigation projects, and synthetic chemical fertilizers.
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Japanese emperor Hirohito signs the Instrument of Surrender document aboard the USS MISSOURI
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Montgomery Bus Boycott timelineDecember 1, 1955 is the date of the arrest of Rosa Parks for refusal to give up her seat and move to the back of the bus. The bus boycott lasts 13 months, ending December 21, 1956
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The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to a nuclear war. It lasted fourteen very tense days. Cuban Missile Crisis summary
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The 1973 Oil Crisis began when the countries in the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries announced an oil embargo "in response to the U. S. decision to re-supply the Israeli military" during the recent Yom Kippur War. The oil embargo lasted until March 1974
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North Vietnamese forces capture the South Vietnamese capital Saigon, ending the Vietnam War. Saigon was renamed Ho Chi Minh City. The last American combat troops had left Vietnam on 12 August 1972.
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On November 9, 1989, the East German government announced the opening of the border between East and West Berlin. German Unity Day is celebrated on October 3rd, though, because (1) East and West Germany were officially rejoined on 3 October 1990 and (2) November 9th is also the anniversary of the first major Nazi pogrom against the Jews (1938).
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The Yugoslav army and Bosnian Serb paramilitary attacks against Muslims led by Radko Mladic in Srebrenica are marked by the date here. Bosnian genocide history
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