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January 1, 1965

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Historical Context for January 1, 1965

In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[†]

Historical Events

People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan

1965The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan is founded in Kabul, Afghanistan.[†]

The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA), known as the Homeland Party from June 1990, was a Marxist–Leninist political party in Afghanistan established on 1 January 1965. Four members of the party won seats in the 1965 Afghan parliamentary election, reduced to two seats in 1969, albeit both before the party was fully legal. For most of its existence, the party was split between the hardline Khalq and moderate Parcham factions, each of which claimed to represent the "true" PDPA.

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