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Indonesia's first president was born.
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The Indonesian Communist Party was founded.
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Sukarno and the Nationalist Party blended Japanese, western, and socialist influences.
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Japan declares war on the Netherlands and invades the Dutch East Indies (later Indonesia).;
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The Nationalist Party and Sukarno declare independence from the Netherlands right after the Japanese are defeated in WW2.
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The Dutch officially give Indonesia independence, but the Dutch resisted and four years of fighting followed.
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Sukarno is declared president of Indonesia.
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Indonesia was admitted into the UN.
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Sukarno declares himself president for life, and he gets rid of the parliamentary form of government.
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Indonesia became the first country to drop out of the UN. They did this because the refused the seating of their enemy nation Malaysia in the UN.
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General Suharto takes control from president Sukarno.
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Indonesia comes back the the UN and shortly after signs a peace treaty with Malaysia.
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President Sukarno was placed under house arrest, and Suharno became acting president.
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Indonesia's population is about 237 million
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A crocodile swallows a ten year old in Eastern Indonesia.