[ËdÉÊtÊÉ ËmaÉÌ¯k] , German mark, abbreviated DM) was the official currency of West Germany (1948â1990) and unified Germany (1990â2002) until the adoption of the euro in 2002. It is commonly called the  Deutschmark  in English but not in German.Germans often say Mark (helpÂ·info) or D-Mark (helpÂ·info) .he design of German banknotes remained unchanged during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. During this period, forgery technology made significant advances and so, in the late 1980s, the Bundesbank decided to issue a new series of Deutsche Mark banknotes.
Sunday, June 5, 2011. The Philippines Gain Independence: 1946. On July 4, 1946, the US finally granted independence to the Philippines. The nation immediately assumed the capitalist, democratic system outlined in its constitution, with Manuel Roxas as elected President.
This decolonisation is not yet a thing of the past. In 2005, the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs participated in the celebrations surrounding the sixtieth anniversary of Indonesian independence. In this way, the Netherlands recognised that Indonesia had gained independence not in 1949, but on 17 August 1945.fter 1945, the Netherlands tried to restore its colonial administration through negotiations and with force, in two police actions. However, on 27 December 1949, under a great deal of international pressure, it accepted Indonesian independence.