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The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat, Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces,…
In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.
Texas Instruments announces the Regency TR-1, the first mass-produced transistor radio.
US President Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam.
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
Francis Crick and James Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid"
Nuclear weapons testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test
Nuclear weapons testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test
Cold War: East Germany Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin
The Egyptian revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the declaration of the Republic
The Egyptian revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the declaration of the Republic
Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York
Cold War: Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The…
Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek,…
Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek,…
Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment repel a number of Chinese assaults against a key position…
Korean War: Cessation of hostilities is achieved when the United States, China, and North Korea sign an armistice…
Korean War: Cessation of hostilities is achieved when the United States, China, and North Korea sign an armistice…
First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central…