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A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm,…
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon, is mortally shot by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies…
At the national congress of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance in Peru, a group of leftist radicals are…
At the national congress of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance in Peru, a group of leftist radicals are…
President Dwight D. Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA, including most…
President Dwight D. Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA, including most…
During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, the US Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrato
During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, the US Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrato
May 1958 crisis: A group of French military officers lead a coup in Algiers demanding that a government of national unit
May 1958 crisis: A group of French military officers lead a coup in Algiers demanding that a government of national unit
Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, heavily reinforced by Frank Pais Militia, overwhelm an army post
Memorial Day: The remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean W
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave.
Flooding of Canada's Saint Lawrence Seaway begins.
US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
In the 14 July Revolution in Iraq, the monarchy is overthrown by popular forces led by Abd al-Karim Qasim, who becomes…
In the 14 July Revolution in Iraq, the monarchy is overthrown by popular forces led by Abd al-Karim Qasim, who becomes…
The African Regroupment Party holds its first congress in Cotonou.
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National…
The world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, becomes the first vessel to complete a submerged transit of the…