Dakar

City · c. 1960 CE · in North Africa

Capital of Mali Federation (1960–1960), Republic of Senegal (1961–today).

Brasília (1960 CE): Planned capital of Brazil built in the interior, with a plan by Lúcio Costa and modernist buildings by Oscar Niemeyer; inaugurated in 1960.
Lomé (c. 1960 CE): Capital of Togo (1960–today).
Rawalpindi (c. 1959 CE): Capital of Islamic Republic of Pakistan (1959–1967).
Niamey (c. 1961 CE): Capital of Republic of the Niger (1961–today).
Nouakchott (c. 1961 CE): Capital of Mauritania (1961–today).
Porto-Novo (c. 1961 CE): Capital of Republic of Benin (1961–today).
Cotonou (c. 1961 CE): Capital of Republic of Benin (1961–today).
Accra (c. 1958 CE): Capital of Ghana (1958–today).
Putrajaya (c. 1963 CE): Capital of Malaysia (1963–today).
Zanzibar City (c. 1963 CE): Capital of Sultanate of Zanzibar (1963–1964).

Around the same time and place

Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906 CE – 2001 CE): Poet and co-founder of the Négritude movement who became the first president of Senegal (1960–1980).
Sierra Leone Civil War (1991–2002 CE): Civil war in which the Revolutionary United Front, funded partly by diamonds, committed widespread atrocities against civilians.
Green March (1975 CE): About 350,000 Moroccans marched into Spanish Sahara to press Morocco's claim; Spain withdrew, and the territory's status remains disputed.