User:SpinnerLaserzthe2nd/Timeline of sovereign states/1959

Sovereign states

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  Afghanistan
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  Albania
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  Andorra (until mid-1959)
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  Andorra (from mid-1959)
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  Argentina
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  Australia
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  Austria
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  Belgium
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  Bhutan
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  Bolivia
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  Brazil
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  Bulgaria
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  Burma
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  Cambodia
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  Canada
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  Ceylon
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  Chile
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  People's Republic of China
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  Republic of China
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  Colombia
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  Costa Rica
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  Cuba (until 1 January)
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  Cuba (from 1 January)
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  Czechoslovakia
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  Denmark
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  Dominican Republic
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  Ecuador
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  El Salvador
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  Ethiopia
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  Eritrea
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  Finland
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  France
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  East Germany (until 1 October)
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  East Germany (from 1 October)
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  West Germany
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  Ghana
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  Greece
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  Guatemala
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  Guinea
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  Haiti
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  Honduras
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  Hungary
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  Iceland
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  India
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  Indonesia
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  Iran
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  Iraq (from 1 January)
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  Ireland
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  Israel
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  Italy
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  Japan
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  Jordan
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  North Korea
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  South Korea
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  Laos
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  Lebanon
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  Liberia
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  Libya
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  Liechtenstein
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  Luxembourg
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  Malaya
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  Mexico
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  Monaco
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  Mongolia
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  Morocco
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  Nepal
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  Netherlands
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  New Zealand
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  Nicaragua
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  Norway
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  Pakistan
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  Panama
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  Paraguay
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  Paraguay
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  Peru
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  Philippines
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  Poland
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  Portugal
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  Romania
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  San Marino
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  Saudi Arabia
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  Sikkim
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  South Africa
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  Soviet Union
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  Spain
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  Sweden
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  Switzerland
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  Sudan
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  Thailand
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  Tunisia (until 1 June)
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  Tunisia (from 1 June)
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  Turkey
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  United Arab States
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  United Kingdom
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  United States (until 4 July)
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  United States (from 4 July)
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  Uruguay
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  Vatican City
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  Venezuela
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  North Vietnam
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  South Vietnam
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  Yugoslavia

Colonies, concessions, possessions, protectorates, mandates and territories

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  Australian Antarctic Territory (Australia)
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  Christmas Island (Australia)
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  Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)
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  Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Australia)
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  Nauru (Australia)
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  Norfolk Island (Australia)
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  Papua and New Guinea (Australia)
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  Belgian Congo (Belgium)
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  Ruanda-Urundi (Belgium)
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  Faroe Islands (Denmark)
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  Clipperton Island (France)
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  French Cameroon (until 31 December; France)
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  French Community (France)
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  French Comoros (France)
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  French Polynesia (France)
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  French Somaliland (France)
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  French Southern and Antarctic Lands (France)
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  Madagascar (France)
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  New Caledonia (France)
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  New Hebrides (France)
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  Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)
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  Togo (France)
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  Somaliland (Italy)
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  Netherlands Antilles (until 19 November; Netherlands)
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  Netherlands Antilles (from 19 November; Netherlands)
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  New Guinea (Netherlands)
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  Suriname (until mid-1959; Netherlands)
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  Suriname (from mid-1959; Netherlands)
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  Cook Islands (New Zealand)
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  Niue (New Zealand)
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  Ross Dependency (New Zealand)
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  Tokelau Islands (New Zealand)
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  Western Samoa (New Zealand)
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  Bouvet Island (Norway)
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  Peter I Island (Norway)
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  Queen Maud Land (Norway)
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  Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá (Portugal)
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  Portuguese Angola (Portugal)
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  Portuguese Cape Verde (Portugal)
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  Portuguese Guinea (Portugal)
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  Portuguese India (Portugal)
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  Portuguese Macau (Portugal)
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  Portuguese Mozambique (Portugal)
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  Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe (Portugal)
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  Portuguese Timor (Portugal)
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  South West Africa (South Africa)
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  Fernando Pó (from 30 June; Spain)
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  Ifni (Spain)
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  Río Muni (from 30 June; Spain)
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  Spanish Guinea (until 30 June; Spain)
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  Spanish Sahara (Spain)
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  Aden (United Kingdom)
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  Bahamas (United Kingdom)
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  Bahrain (United Kingdom)
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  Basutoland (United Kingdom)
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  Bechuanaland (United Kingdom)
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  Bermuda (United Kingdom)
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  British Cameroons (United Kingdom)
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  British Guiana (United Kingdom)
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  British Honduras (United Kingdom)
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  British Somaliland (United Kingdom)
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  British Western Pacific Territories (United Kingdom)
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  Brunei (until 29 September; United Kingdom)
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  Brunei (from 29 September; United Kingdom)
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  Cyprus (United Kingdom)
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  Falkland Islands (United Kingdom)
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  Fiji (United Kingdom)
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  Gambia (United Kingdom)
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  Gibraltar (United Kingdom)
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  Guernsey (United Kingdom)
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  Hong Kong (until 29 July; United Kingdom)
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  Hong Kong (from 29 July; United Kingdom)
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  Isle of Man (United Kingdom)
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  Jersey (United Kingdom)
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  Kenya (United Kingdom)
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  Kuwait (United Kingdom)
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  Maldives (United Kingdom)
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  Malta (United Kingdom)
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  Mauritius (United Kingdom)
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  Muscat and Oman (United Kingdom)
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  Nigeria (United Kingdom)
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  North Borneo (United Kingdom)
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  Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom)
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  Qatar (United Kingdom)
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  Rhodesia and Nyasaland (United Kingdom)
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  Saint Helena and Dependencies (United Kingdom)
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  Sarawak (United Kingdom)
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  Seychelles (United Kingdom)
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  Sierra Leone (United Kingdom)
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  Singapore ​(until 3 December; United Kingdom)
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  Singapore ​(from 3 December; United Kingdom)
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  Swaziland (United Kingdom)
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  Tanganyika (United Kingdom)
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  Tonga (United Kingdom)
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  Trucial States (United Kingdom)
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  Uganda (United Kingdom)
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  West Indies Federation (United Kingdom)
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  Zanzibar (United Kingdom)
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  Alaska (until 3 January; United States)
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  American Samoa (until 4 July; United States)
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  American Samoa (from 4 July; United States)
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  Baker Island (until 4 July; United States)
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  Baker Island (from 4 July; United States)
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  Corn Islands (until 4 July; United States)
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  Corn Islands (from 4 July; United States)
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  Guam (United States)
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  Hawaii (until 21 August; United States)
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  Howland Island (until 4 July; United States)
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  Howland Island (from 4 July; United States)
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  Jarvis Island (until 4 July; United States)
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  Jarvis Island (from 4 July; United States)
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  Johnston Atoll (until 4 July; United States)
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  Johnston Atoll (from 4 July; United States)
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  Kingman Reef (until 4 July; United States)
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  Kingman Reef (from 4 July; United States)
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  Midway Atoll (until 4 July; United States)
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  Midway Atoll (from 4 July; United States)
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  Navassa Island (until 4 July; United States)
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  Navassa Island (from 4 July; United States)
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  Palmyra Atoll (until 4 July; United States)
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  Palmyra Atoll (from 4 July; United States)
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  Panama Canal Zone (United States)
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  Petrel Islands (until 4 July; United States)
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  Petrel Islands (from 4 July; United States)
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  Puerto Rico (United States)
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  Quita Sueno Bank (until 4 July; United States)
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  Quita Sueno Bank (from 4 July; United States)
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  Roncador Bank (until 4 July; United States)
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  Roncador Bank (from 4 July; United States)
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  Serrana Bank (until 4 July; United States)
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  Serrana Bank (from 4 July; United States)
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  Serranilla Bank (until 4 July; United States)
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  Serranilla Bank (from 4 July; United States)
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  Swan Islands (until 4 July; United States)
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  Swan Islands (from 4 July; United States)
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  Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (until 4 July; United States)
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  Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (from 4 July; United States)
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  United States Virgin Islands (United States)
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  Wake Island (until 4 July; United States)
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  Wake Island (from 4 July; United States)

Other entities

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  Suvadive Islands (from 3 January)