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| 1946, June 2 |
| | | The United States and Great Britain returned the bases they had held in the Azores during the war. | 1 |
| | | 1949, Feb. 13 |
| | | President Antonio Carmona, 79, was reelected after the single opposition candidate withdrew. | 2 |
| | | April 4 |
| | | Portugal signed the North Atlantic Treaty. It still was excluded from the United Nations, however, by Soviet veto. | 3 |
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| 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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