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Forced out by the April Revolution, President of South Korea Syngman Rhee resigns after 12 years of dictatorial rule
Forced out by the April Revolution, President of South Korea Syngman Rhee resigns after 12 years of dictatorial rule
Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet
Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet
Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Ga
Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California
In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celâl Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office
In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celâl Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office
The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $4 million for 7 million acres (28,000 km2) of land undervalued at four cents/acre in the
The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $4 million for 7 million acres (28,000 km2) of land undervalued at four cents/acre in the
Venezuelan President Rómulo Betancourt is injured in an assassination attempt
Cold War: Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and fro
Belgian Congo gains independence as Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)
The Trust Territory of Somaliland (the former Italian Somaliland) gains its independence from Italy. Concurrently, it…
Ghana becomes a republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President as Queen Elizabeth II ceases to be its head of…
Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Sirimavo Bandaranaike is sworn in as prime minister of Ceylon, becoming the world's first democratically elected…
Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
The Central African Republic declares independence from France.