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Guinea


1986 Papua New Guinea score 9-455 in 60 overs vs. Gibraltar, ICC Trophy

1984 Guinea suspends constitution after coup

1982 Equatorial Guinea adopts constitution

1982 Guinea adopts constitution

1975 Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia (National Day)

1973 Australia grants self-government to Papua New Guinea

1973 Amilcar L Cabral, fought for Guinea Bissau independence, murdered 51

1968 Equatorial Guinea (Spanish Guinea) declares independence from Spain

1968 Republic Guinea forms (day of republic)

1963 Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Netherlands

1962 Dutch leave New Guinea

1962 Netherlands and Indonesia signs accord about New Guinea

1962 Indonesian paratroopers land in New Guinea

1962 Dutch and Indonesian Navy encounter in Etna Bay New Guinea

1961 Dutch foreign minister Luns talks to John F. Kennedy about New Guinea

1961 Dutch governor Platteel installs New Guinea Council

1960 World's largest frog (3.3 kg) caught (Equatorial Guinea)

1958 Guinea (French Guinea) gains independence from France (National Day)

1958 French Guinee becomes independent republic Guinea

1958 Guinea votes for independence from France

1957 Dutch Super Constellation crashes near New Guinea, 56 die

1957 Jeff Woodland, Papua New Guinea, Nike golfer, 1991 Dakota Dunes Open

1953 J van Bale appointed governor of New Guinea

1951 "Cloud of Death" rolls down Mount Lamington, New Guinea kills 3-5,000

1944 Allies land on Vogelkop, New Guinea

1943 U.S. and Australian troops join in Salamaua, New Guinea

1943 U.S. forces landed at Nassau Bay, near Salamaua, New Guinea

1936 Michael Somare, British foreign affairs minister, Paupa and New Guinea

1922 Ahmed Sekou Toure, president of Guinea, 1957-84

1910 Pygmies discovered in Dutch New Guinea

1906 British New Guinea becomes Australian Papua New Guinea

1898 French troops reach Guinea and Sudan, Samori caught

1884 British protectorate proclaimed over southeast New Guinea

1836 Dutch garrison evacuates fort Du Bus New Guinea

1828 Dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea

1818 Herman W. Daendels, governor-general of Guinea (1815-18), dies at 55


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