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April Revolution — popular uprising in South Korea in April 1960 by labor and student groups, precipitated by the killing of a high school student by a tear-gas shell in March; led to the resignation of the president S. Rhee and the transition to the Second Republic

April 19, 1960

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Year
1960
Category
politics

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Timeline around 19601960195719581959196119621963Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics — athletics events at the OlympicsCounterculture of the 1960s — cultural phenomenon that developed first in the United States and United Kingdom and spread throughout much of the Western world between the early 1960s and the early 1970s1960 Summer Olympics medal tableBasketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics — olympics 1960 Competition1960s — decade of the 1960s (1960-1969)Beatlemania — intense fan frenzy for the British pop group The BeatlesHippie — person associated with 1960s counterculture1960 AFC Asian Cup — football tournamentapril-revolution-popular-uprising-in-south-korea-in-april-1960