The South West Africa People's Organization is founded to fight against South African control of Namibia

Moise Tshombe, taking advantage of chaos in the Congo, declares the independence of Katanga

Nelson Mandela leads a new armed section of the ANC (African National Congress), formed in response to Sharpeville

Two French generals, Raoul Salan and Edmond Jouhaud, form the OAS (Organisation de l'Armée Secrète) to preserve French rule in Algeria

Nelson Mandela and the ANC adopt guerrilla tactics against the apartheid regime in South Africa

Frelimo emerges as a Marxist guerrilla group dedicated to winning independence for Mozambique

The Sandinistas emerge as a guerrilla group in opposition to the Somoza dictatorship in Nicaragua

Moise Tshombe's rebel regime in Katanga crumbles, and he flees to Spain

Saloth Sar, changing his name to Pol Pot, begins to build up the Cambodian Communist party and Khmer Rouge

A massive civil rights march in Washington 'for Jobs and Freedom' wins the support of President Kennedy

'I have a dream' says Martin Luther King to 200,000 civil rights demonstrators in Washington

The Tupamaros are formed as an urban guerrilla group in Uruguay

The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is founded at a congress in East Jerusalem, then part of Jordan

Ayatollah Khomeini, exiled by the shah from Iran, moves first to Turkey and then makes his base in Iraq

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, leader of the Awami League, demands full autonomy for East Pakistan (Bangladesh)

Gurindji people at the Wave Hill station walk out in protest, launching the Aboriginal land rights movement in Australia

The Black Panther Party is founded in Oakland, California, to launch a more aggressive campaign for civil rights

Che Guevara arrives in Bolivia in the hope of fomenting a left-wing revolution

The Ibo of eastern Nigeria claim independence for their region – as the republic of Biafra

President de Gaulle, visiting Montreal for Expo 67, proclaims Vive le Quebec libre ('Long Live Free Quebec')

Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara is captured and executed in Bolivia

A student revolt begins in Paris and sweeps through France, shaking de Gaulle's government

The Stonewall riots in New York prompt a US campaign for Gay and Lesbian rights

Awami League leader Mujibur Rahman declares unilaterally that Bangladesh (East Pakistan) is an independent state

Greenpeace is founded in Canada to campaign against US nuclear testing