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1976: Rhodesia
Almost 11 years after Rhodesia's unilateral declaration of independence from Great Britain, Prime Minister Ian Douglas Smith announced this September 24 that his government had accepted a plan leading to majority rule in Rhodesia within two years. The plan, originally formulated by the British, was...
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