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RE: (Re: Look before posting) (Re: Think before replying)
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: "'1066 and all that'" <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:08:47 +0100
- Subject: RE: (Re: Look before posting) (Re: Think before replying)
- Reply-to: The Cygwin-Talk Maiming List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
On 24 August 2006 14:00, George wrote:
> Off the top of my head the only other countries I can think of are
> Singapore and Malaysia, Burma, Cyprus, Jamaica, The Countries Formerly
> Known as Rhodesia, and Nigeria. Kenya, I think gained independence
> after 1947. Britain also gave up rule of Palestine around that time
> after the locals started blowing up their buildings.
http://www.britishempire.co.uk/timeline/20century.htm
1948: Ceylon, Burma
1957: British Togoland/Gold Coast/Ghana, Malay states.
1960: British Somaliland, Nigeria
1961: Sierra Leone, Tanganyika and British Cameroons
1962: Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda and Western Samoa
1963: Kenya and Zanzibar
1964: Northern Rhodesia/Zambia; Nyasaland/Malawi; Malta
1965: Southern Rhodesia
1966: Botswana, Lesotho and Gambia
1967: Aden
1968: Mauritius and Swaziland
1970: Fiji and Tonga
1971: Bahrain and Qatar
1973: Bahamas
1974: Grenada
1975: Papua New Guinea
1976: Seychelles
1978: Dominica
1979: Gilbert Islands/Kiribati
1980: New Hebrides/Vanunu; Zimbabwe
1981: Belize
1984: Brunei
1997: Hong Kong
cheers,
DaveK
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