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If you are referring to the period of colonization and colonialism, certainly one of the first was the United States of America, which declared its independence from England in 1776; the Americans fought and won the Revolutionary War (1775-1781). Another early country to declare independence was Haiti, which gained its freedom from France in 1804.
He was the President of the South African Rugby Union when the South African Springboks won the Rugby World Cup in 1995.
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World War I was won by Allied!World War I was not won by a single country; rather, it was won by The Allied forces which comprised of France, UK, Russia, USA and Japan.
All of them except Liberia, Ethiopia, Egypt and South Africa.
Ghana won its independence in 1957, becoming the first sub-Saharan African country to achieve independence from colonial rule. Led by Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's liberation marked a significant milestone in the African decolonization movement. The country was formerly a British colony known as the Gold Coast. Ghana's independence inspired other nations in Africa to pursue their own freedom.
African nations won independence after World War 2 in various ways. Some made agreements and treaties with their colonizers while others had to fight for their independence.
The country that won the 1950 World Cup is Uruguay after beating Brazil 2 goals to 1.
Egypt (1922) was the first African nation to become independent from a European nation, but it was not a colony (it was a protectorate). The first colony to become independent was Italian Libya in 1951.
France never won independence. It never was a colony of any country.
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Uruguay.
Mexico (which had won its independence from Spain only 15 years earlier).
Gwendolyn Brooks (won one for poetry in 1950).
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