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The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $4 million for 7 million acres (28,000 km2) of land undervalued at four cents/acre in the
Venezuelan President Rómulo Betancourt is injured in an assassination attempt
Cold War: Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and fro
Belgian Congo gains independence as Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)
The Trust Territory of Somaliland (the former Italian Somaliland) gains its independence from Italy. Concurrently, it…
Ghana becomes a republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President as Queen Elizabeth II ceases to be its head of…
Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Sirimavo Bandaranaike is sworn in as prime minister of Ceylon, becoming the world's first democratically elected…
Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
Cold War: In Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years…
The first election of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile. The Tibetan community observes this date as Democracy Day.
Poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is the first elected President of Senegal.
In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA…
Congo Crisis: Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.
Congo Crisis: Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistani President Ayub Khan sign the Indus Waters Treaty for the control…
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistani President Ayub Khan sign the Indus Waters Treaty for the control…