Belmopan

City · 1970 CE · in North America

Capital of Belize (1983–today).

Lobamba (c. 1969 CE): Capital of Eswatini (1969–today).
Aden (c. 1969 CE): Capital of People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1969–1989), Republic of Yemen (1990–1990).
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (c. 1972 CE): Capital of Sri Lanka (1972–today).
Zomba (c. 1967 CE): Capital of Malawi (1967–1975).
Dhaka (c. 1973 CE): Capital of People's Republic of Bangladesh (1973–today).
Abu Dhabi (c. 1973 CE): Capital of United Arab Emirates (1973–today).
Suva (c. 1973 CE): Capital of Republic of Fiji (1973–today).
Singapore (1965 CE): Capital of Republic of Singapore (1967–today).
Gaborone (1965 CE): Capital of Republic of Botswana (1967–today).
Port of Spain (c. 1976 CE): Capital of Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (1976–today).

Around the same time and place

Cuban Missile Crisis (1962 CE): Thirteen-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, the closest the Cold War came to nuclear war.
Mexican Revolution (1910–1920 CE): Decade of revolution and civil war that toppled Porfirio Díaz and reshaped Mexico politically and socially.
Fidel Castro (1926 CE – 2016 CE): Cuban revolutionary who led the overthrow of Batista and ruled Cuba as a one-party communist state from 1959 to 2008.
Cuban Revolution (1953–1959 CE): Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement fought a guerrilla war from the Sierra Maestra and overthrew the dictator Fulgencio Batista in January 1959.
Diego Rivera (1886 CE – 1957 CE): Mexican painter and leading figure of the Mexican muralist movement, whose large public frescoes depict Mexican history and workers.
Louis Armstrong (1901 CE – 1971 CE): New Orleans trumpeter and singer, one of the most influential figures in jazz.
Frida Kahlo (1907 CE – 1954 CE): Mexican painter known for her self-portraits and works inspired by Mexican popular culture; her Blue House in Coyoacán is a museum.
Che Guevara (1928 CE – 1967 CE): Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary and a leader of the Cuban Revolution; captured and executed in Bolivia in 1967.