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The Warren Commission released its report to the U.S. president, concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the…
The British Aircraft Corporation TSR-2, an advanced Cold War tactical strike and reconnaissance aircraft that was…
The British Aircraft Corporation TSR-2, an advanced Cold War tactical strike and reconnaissance aircraft that was…
Members of the Politburo voted to remove Nikita Khrushchev as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet…
With the success of Project 596, China became the world's fifth nuclear power.
Prime Minister Robert Menzies inaugurated the artificial Lake Burley Griffin (pictured) in the centre of the…
Charges in a military court against generals Dương Văn Đức and Lâm Văn Phát of leading a coup attempt against South…
Charges in a military court against generals Dương Văn Đức and Lâm Văn Phát of leading a coup attempt against South…
Actor Ronald Reagan delivered a speech on behalf of Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater, launching his…
A refusal by the Bristol Omnibus Company and the Transport and General Workers' Union to permit the employment of black
A refusal by the Bristol Omnibus Company and the Transport and General Workers' Union to permit the employment of black
In Huế, South Vietnam, soldiers opened fire into a crowd of Buddhists protesting against a government ban on the flying
In Huế, South Vietnam, soldiers opened fire into a crowd of Buddhists protesting against a government ban on the flying
African Americans rioted in Birmingham, Alabama, in response to two bombings, perceiving local police to be complicit wi
Buddhist crisis: A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination was held outside the National Assembly of South Vietnam i
Buddhist crisis: South Vietnamese soldiers attacked Buddhist protesters in Huế with liquid chemicals from tear gas gren
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?"