The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust_Territory_of_Somaliland" id="mwAZ0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Trust Territory of Somaliland">Trust Territory of Somaliland</a> (the former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Somaliland" id="mwAZ4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Italian Somaliland">Italian Somaliland</a>) gains its independence from Italy. Concurrently, it unites as scheduled with the five-day-old <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Somaliland" id="mwAZ8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="State of Somaliland">State of Somaliland</a> (the former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Somaliland" id="mwAaA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="British Somaliland">British Somaliland</a>) to form the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Republic" id="mwAaE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Somali Republic">Somali Republic</a>.