[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.
Treaty of Paris 1898. this officially ended the war; under its terms, Cuba gained independence from Spain, and the United States acquired Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.The United States paid Spain twenty million dollars for the Philippines.milio Aguinaldo. Leader of the Filipino independence movement against Spain (1895-1898). He proclaimed the independence of the Philippines in 1899, but his movement was crushed and he was captured by the United States Army in 1901.