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Buddhist crisis: As a result of the Xá Lợi Pagoda raids, the US State Department cables the United States Embassy,…
Buddhist crisis: As a result of the Xá Lợi Pagoda raids, the US State Department cables the United States Embassy,…
The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens
The French government and representatives of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic reach a settlement to e
The French government and representatives of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic reach a settlement to e
Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes in Unionville, Missouri after bombs explode on board, killing 45
Adolf Eichmann, former SS officer in Nazi Germany, is hanged in Israel for having committed crimes against humanity, war
The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency
The official independence of Algeria is proclaimed after an eight-year-long war with France.
As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place.
Ne Win besieges and blows up the Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the Student Movement.
Starfish Prime tests the effects of a nuclear explosion at orbital altitudes.
In an unprecedented action, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan dismisses seven members of his Cabinet, marking…
Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the…
Canadian-born American pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey is awarded the U.S. President's Award for Distinguished…
Canadian-born American pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey is awarded the U.S. President's Award for Distinguished…
The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered civilian ship, embarks on its maiden voyage.
The OAS attempts to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle.
Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the