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"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368856437#February", "title": "1951", "revid": 1368856437, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1952, "year_label": "1952 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 21", "text": "March 21 – Kwame Nkrumah is elected Prime Minister of the Gold Coast.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373187098#March–April", "title": "1952", "revid": 1373187098, "section": "Events › March–April"}}, {"year": 1957, "year_label": "1957 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 6", "text": "March 6 – United Kingdom colonies Gold Coast and British Togoland become the independent nation of Ghana.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371361971#March", "title": "1957", "revid": 1371361971, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1960, "year_label": "1960 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January 10", "text": "January 10 – British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan 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