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Significant world events*		The Ecumenical Movement
Americas Vargas returns to power in Brazil East Asia and the Pacific Start of Korean War	1950	Toronto WCCE conference
Europe Establishment of European Coal and Steel Authority Africa Gold Coast gains new constitution East Asia and the Pacific ANZUS Pact signed	1951
Europe Invention of contraceptive pill Africa Mau Mau in Kenya East Asia and the Pacific US ends occupation of Japan	1952	Lucknow Asian Churches meeting Willingen IMC conference Lund FOC meeting
B Coronation of Elizabeth II in UK DNA discovered Death of Stalin Americas Cuban rebellion South Asia and the Middle East First confirmed conquest of Everest (UK) Military coup in Iran	1953
Americas "McCarthyism" in US Africa Start of nationalist revolt in Algeria Farouk overthown in Egypt East Asia and the Pacific Independence for Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam	1954	Evanston WCC Assembly Frankfurt WCCE conference
Europe West Gernmany enters NATO Warsaw Pact signed Polio vaccine East Asia and the Pacific Bandung conference Japanese "Five-year plan"	1955
Europe USSR crushes Hungarian revolt Africa Sudan, Morocco & Tunisia gain independence Anglo-French forces invade Suez Canal zone South Asia and Middle East Second Arab-Israeli War Suez Crisis Pakistan declared an Islamic state East Asia and the Pacific Japan joins the UN	1956
Europe Treaty of Rome Sputnik Africa Gold Coast (Ghana) gains independence East Asia and the Pacific Start of Vietnam War	1957	First Christian Aid Week
Europe France declares Fifth Republic (de Gaulle) Munich air disaster Archbishop Makarios released Americas Eisenhower Doctrine proclaimed for Middle East South Asia and Middle East US forces intervene in Lebanon Syria and Egypt found United Arab Republic Monarch overthrown in Iraq East Asia and the Pacific Great Leap Forward in China	1958	Tokyo WCCE conference Ghana IMC conference
Europe European Free Trade Association set up by Britain Americas Cuban revolution East Asia and the Pacific China reoccupies Tibet War starts between North and South Vietnam	1959
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