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Events on Wednesday 14 September 1960 2
1960Congo Crisis eruptsKatanga secedes and Lumumba is oustedDays after independence, the mineral-rich province of Katanga secedes under Moise Tshombe, and army mutinies plunge the new Congolese state into chaos. Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba is dismissed in September amid the turmoil, drawing in UN peacekeepers and Cold War rivalries.
1960OPEC founded in BaghdadOil-producing nations form a coordinating cartelIran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela establish the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries in Baghdad. OPEC is formed to coordinate oil production and pricing policy among member states.