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Cold War: Nikita Khrushchev announced that the Soviet Union was holding American pilot Francis Gary Powers, whose spy pl
American physicist Theodore Maiman operated the first working laser at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu
Ghana became a republic, with Kwame Nkrumah as its first president.
Sirimavo Bandaranaike (pictured) was sworn in as prime minister of Ceylon, becoming the world's first democratically…
Led by Albert Kalonji, South Kasai declared its unilateral secession from the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville).
Congo Crisis: In order to stop the secession of South Kasai from the Republic of Congo, Armée Nationale Congolaise…
Congo Crisis: In order to stop the secession of South Kasai from the Republic of Congo, Armée Nationale Congolaise…
At a conference held in Baghdad, the governments of Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela founded OPEC to…
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev reportedly pounded his shoe on a desk during a meeting of the United Nations General…
The extratropical remnants of an Atlantic hurricane reached the Gulf of St
B. Anthony Stewart is credited with the first image on the cover of National Geographic featuring the 49-star flag of…
Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev and U.S. vice president Richard Nixon held an impromptu debate (pictured) at the…
South Vietnamese opposition figure Phan Quang Đán was elected to the National Assembly, despite soldiers being bussed…
South Vietnamese opposition figure Phan Quang Đán was elected to the National Assembly, despite soldiers being bussed…
Writer and politician Abdul Muis became the first person to be awarded the posthumous title of National Hero of…
A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu (pictured), younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese president Ngô…
A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu (pictured), younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese president Ngô…
The Cambodian–Vietnamese War formally ended with the withdrawal of Vietnamese forces from the People's Republic of…
The Cambodian–Vietnamese War formally ended with the withdrawal of Vietnamese forces from the People's Republic of…
US vice president Richard Nixon's motorcade was attacked by a mob in Caracas, Venezuela