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From 1262 until 1380 Iceland was controlled by Norway.
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Gabon was settled by the Bantu beginning in the 1300's.
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Iceland was controlled by the Danish crown from 1602 until independence in 1944.
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Gabon was ruled by France from 1839 until it gained its independence in 1960.
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Iceland is a parliamentary representative democratic republic, their modern parliament was founded in 1845.
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In 1910 Gabon became one of the four territories of French Equatorial Africa.
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This is the date on which Iceland offially severed all ties with Denmark.
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Iceland joined the United Nations on Nov. 19th, 1946.
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The cod wars were a series of conflicts between Iceland and England over the maritime boundaries, and mainly who had the right to fish in the north Atlantic. -
Icelnd became a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1949.
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Gabon gained its independence from France on Aug 17th, 1960.
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Gabon has had the same borders since gaining independence in 1960.
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Gabon has been a member of the United Nations since Sep. 20th, 1960.
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Gabon is a republic, their first constitution was adopted in 1961.
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Gabon and Equatorial Guinea have been fighting over this oil rich island since 1972.
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Gabon joined the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries in 1975.
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Gabon rewrote its constition in 1991
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Gabon left the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries in 1995.
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In 2008, the three major Icelandic banks collapsed causing the economy of the country to collapse.
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In 2009 there were reports that the Gabonese election results had been falsified.
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Iceland was settled by the Norse beginning in 874.
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Iceland has had the same borders since it was settled because it is an island.
