Rhodesia was an unrecognised state in southern Africa, formerly the British colony of Southern Rhodesia, whose white minority government under Prime Minister Ian Smith made a Unilateral Declaration of Independence rather than accept majority rule. The United Kingdom and the United Nations declared the declaration illegal, and imposed sanctions. A guerrilla war, fought by the African nationalist movements ZANU and ZAPU, intensified in the 1970s, and the government eventually agreed to share power in a short-lived state called Zimbabwe-Rhodesia. The Lancaster House talks in 1979 led to elections in which Robert Mugabe won, and the country became independent as Zimbabwe in 1980.
Before and after
- 18 September 1965Discovery of Comet Ikeya–Seki
- 26 September 1965Birth of Petro Poroshenko
- October 1965Crushing The Rebellions of 1965–1966
- 2 November 1965Birth of Shah Rukh Khan
- from 11 November 1965 to 1 June 1979Rhodesia
- 12 November 1965Launch of Venera 2
- 16 November 1965Launch of Venera 3
- 21 November 1965Birth of Björk
- 30 November 1965Birth of Ben Stiller
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The era
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