1718 events
British politician John Profumo admitted that he had lied to the House of Commons about his involvement in a sex scandal
Vietnamese monk Thích Quảng Đức burned himself to death in Saigon to protest the persecution of Buddhists by Catholic So
Profumo affair: During the trial of Stephen Ward, Mandy Rice-Davies uttered the phrase "Well he would, wouldn't he?"
The secret police of Ngô Đình Nhu, brother and chief political adviser of South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm,…
The secret police of Ngô Đình Nhu, brother and chief political adviser of South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm,…
The United Kingdom granted self-government to Sarawak (first flag pictured), the day would be celebrated as Sarawak Day.
President Fulbert Youlou was overthrown in the Republic of Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.
South Vietnamese special forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, the brother of President Ngô Đình Diệm, raided and vandalised…
Buddhist crisis: The U.S. State Department ordered Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (pictured) to encourage South…
Buddhist crisis: The U.S. State Department ordered Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (pictured) to encourage South…
American civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the speech "I Have a Dream" during the March on…
The Kennedy administration sent Victor H. Krulak and Joseph Mendenhall on a mission to assess the progress of the…
The Ku Klux Klan bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church, an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing…
The Century 21 Exposition, the first world's fair in the United States since World War II, opened in Seattle
The Baltimore Steam Packet Company, the last overnight steamboat service in the United States, went out of business
Following student protests at Rangoon University, Burmese general Ne Win ordered the demolition of the historic…
The United States conducted the Starfish Prime high-altitude nuclear test, the largest nuclear explosion in outer space.
In a seminal moment for pop art, Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans exhibition opened at the Ferus Gallery in Los…
In an unprecedented reshuffle, British prime minister Harold Macmillan dismissed seven members of his cabinet.
An assassination attempt orchestrated by the OAS takes place against Charles de Gaulle, although he is uninjured.