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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1959, Jan. 27–28 | |
| The Twenty-first Congress of the Soviet Communist Party ended in agreement for common opposition to the Tito-led “revisionist” movement. | 1 |
| Feb. 19 | |
| An agreement signed in London provided for the independence of Cyprus (See 1959, Feb. 19). | 2 |
| March 14 | |
| Beginning of French defection from NATO precipitated by President De Gaulle's refusal to put one-third of France's naval forces in the Mediterranean under NATO command. Disagreement between the United States and France on the stockpiling of nuclear weapons. The U.S. decided to transfer 200 airplanes from French to British and West German bases. | 3 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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