2516 events
Following the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union and the United States sign an agreement to establish the so-called
A day after South Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem announced the Joint Communiqué to end the Buddhist crisis, a riot i
The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government
Ciaculli bombing: a car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, kills seven police officers and military personne
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
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
Cold War: Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba
K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned
The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections
Air France Flight 406 is destroyed by a bomb over the Sahara, killing 78
Civil rights movement: A white mob twice attacks a Freedom Riders bus near Anniston, Alabama, before fire-bombing the bu