758 events
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
The extratropical remnants of an Atlantic hurricane reached the Gulf of St
US vice president Richard Nixon's motorcade was attacked by a mob in Caracas, Venezuela
US vice president Richard Nixon's motorcade was attacked by a mob in Caracas, Venezuela
The F-4 Phantom II, the principal air superiority jet fighter for both the U
South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm began a state visit to the United States, his regime's main sponsor
The United Kingdom tested its first hydrogen bomb over Malden Island in Operation Grapple
Led by John Diefenbaker (pictured), the Progressive Conservative Party won a plurality of House of Commons seats in the
The security clearance of American nuclear physicist J
During hearings investigating conflicting accusations between the United States Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy, Army l
During hearings investigating conflicting accusations between the United States Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy, Army l
Carlos Castillo Armas led a CIA-sponsored invasion force across the Guatemalan border, beginning the 1954 Guatemalan cou
Carlos Castillo Armas led a CIA-sponsored invasion force across the Guatemalan border, beginning the 1954 Guatemalan cou
Americans Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (pictured) were executed as spies for passing nuclear weapons secrets to the Soviet
Japan and the Republic of China signed the Treaty of Taipei, officially ending the Second Sino-Japanese War seven years
Japan and the Republic of China signed the Treaty of Taipei, officially ending the Second Sino-Japanese War seven years
First Indochina War: Viet Minh forces overran a French and Laotian garrison at Muong Khoua, leaving only four survivors
Soviet aircraft shot down a Swedish military plane carrying out signals-intelligence gathering operations, followed thre