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The Soviet Presidium and the Communist Party Central Committee each vote to accept Nikita Khrushchev's "voluntary"…
Leonid Brezhnev becomes leader of the Soviet Communist Party, while Alexei Kosygin becomes the head of government.
Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, though he does not accept the prize.
Ronald Reagan delivers a speech on behalf of the Republican candidate for president, Barry Goldwater. The speech…
The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed to the United Republic of Tanzania.
The first election of the Universal House of Justice is held, marking its establishment as the supreme governing institu
In Libya, amendments to the constitution transform Libya (United Kingdom of Libya) into one national unity (Kingdom of L
The Bristol Bus Boycott is held in Bristol to protest the Bristol Omnibus Company's refusal to employ Black or Asian bus
South Vietnamese soldiers under the Roman Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem open fire on Buddhists defying a ban on the f
South Vietnamese soldiers under the Roman Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem open fire on Buddhists defying a ban on the f
Soldiers of the South Vietnamese Army attack protesting Buddhists in Huế with liquid chemicals from tear-gas grenades, c
The British Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, resigns in a sex scandal known as the "Profumo affair"
The British Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, resigns in a sex scandal known as the "Profumo affair"
The Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex, was signed into law by John F
American Civil Rights Movement: Governor of Alabama George Wallace defiantly stands at the door of Foster Auditorium at
In an attempt to resolve the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam, a Joint Communique was signed between President Ngo Dinh
A day after South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm announced the Joint Communiqué to end the Buddhist crisis, a riot i
Following the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union and the United States sign an agreement to establish the so-called