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| Abdication Leopold III |  |
| 1st Aug Leopold abdicates in favour of his son Prince Baudouin |
| 1st Aug Leopold's return threatenscivil war |
| Anniversary George VI |  |
| 11th Dec Celebrates the 15th year of his accession to the throne |
| Armistice Malik, Jacob |  |
| 25th June The Russian delegate to the UN calls for an armistice |
| Armistice South Il, Nam |  |
| July Kaesong Represents the North Korea n Peoples Army |
| Armistice Ridgway, Matthew |  |
| 30th June Makes a radio broadcast offering to send representitives to discuss a cease-fire |
| 10th July Armistice negotiations open between the Commanders of both sides |
| 5th Aug Breaks the Armistice negotiations claiming Nth Korea has broken demilitarization rules |
| 12th Nov Panmunjon A 2nd round of peace negotiations begins |
| 23rd Nov Panmunjon Both sides agree to a cease-fire along a demarcation line |
| Arrest Rendulic, Lothar |  |
| Sentenced to 20 yrs for crimes that could not be proven & released in 1951 |
| Arrest Kadar, Janos |  |
| Expelled from the Communist Party & imprisoned, 1951-1954 |
| Imprisoned for deviation from Stalinism, 1951-1953 |
| Arrest Gomulka, Wladyslaw |  |
| Gomulka is arrested |
| Warsaw Kept in "protective custody" for being considerred too nationalistic by Moscow |
| Assassination Gurney, Henry | |
| 6th Oct London Assassinated in Malaya by a Communist |
| Assassination Abdullah I |  |
20th July Jerusalem Abdullah I is assassinated during peace talks between Israel  & Jordan |
| 20th July Jerusalem Abdullah I is martyred at al-Aqsa mosque in al-Quds |
| Assassination Hussein I | |
| 20th July Jerusalem Abdullah I is assassinated in the presence of Hussein I |
| Assassination Solh, Riad Bey al- |  |
| 20th July Jerusalem Abdullah I is assassinated during peace talks between Israel & Jordan |
| Assassination Khan, Liaquat Ali |  |
| 16th Oct Assassinated by an Afghanfanatic, disorder follows |
| Assassination Liaquat, Ali Khan | |
| Assassinated while in office |
| Assassination Nazimuddin, Khawaja | |
| Liaquat is succeeded by Khawaja Nazimuddin |
| Assistant Chief of Staff Kreisky, Bruno | |
| Appointed Assistant Chief of Staff and Political Adviser |
| Battle of Alamein, El Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Alamein, El "Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat" |
| Battle of Imjin River Ridgway, Matthew | |
| 22nd April River Imjin Carries out a defensive action against the North Korea ns |
| Birth Brown, Gordon | |
| 20th Feb Glasgow Birth of Gordon Brown |
| Birth Elizabeth II | |
| Rome Received by the Pope & celebrates her 25th birthday |
| Birth Keegan, Joseph Kevin | |
| 14th Feb Doncaster Birh of Joseph Kevin Keegan |
| Birth Sumner, Gordon Matthew "Sting" | |
| 2nd Oct Wallsend Birth of Gordon Matthew "Sting" Sumner |
| Birth Thompson, Paul | |
| 13th May Birth of Paul Thompson, drummer with Roxy Music |
| Birth Tikriti, Barzan Ibrahim El-Hasan al |  |
| 17th Feb Birth of Barzan Ibrahim El-Hasan al-Tikriti |
| Capital Abdullah I | |
| 24th April Amman Parliament ratifes Amman becoming capital of an enlarged Jordan |
| Capture Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| 1st Jan Seoul Chinese forcescapture Seoul, the capitol of South Korea |
| Capture MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 14th Mar Seoul Counter-attacking Allied forces retake Seoul |
| Capture Ridgway, Matthew | |
| 14th Mar Chunshon Recaptures Cunshon from the communists |
| 14th Mar Seoul Recaptures Seoul from the communists |
| 14th Mar Seoul Seoul is recaptured by the Americans |
| Chancellor Butler, Richard Austen | |
| Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| Chief of Staff Pinochet, Augusto Jos‚ Ram¢n |  |
| Appointed Officer Chief of Staff |
| Church of Ulster Paisley, Ian | |
| Ulster Founds the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster |
| Commander Khan, Muhammad Ayub | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| Commander Stroessner, Alfredo |  |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces |
| Commander Ridgway, Matthew | |
| 11th April Appointed Commander of the UN forces in Korea |
| Composition Williams, Ralph Vaughan | |
| London 1st performance of, "The Pilgrim's Progress" |
| Composition King, Riley B "BB" | |
| Records his 7th single, "Three O'Clock Blues," which becomes a national hit, no 1 in the Rhythm and Blues charts for 15 weeks |
| Constitution Adenauer, Konrad |  |
| 6th Dec Bonn Russia opposes free elections in Germany |
| 6th Dec Bonn The FDR & DDR agree to send reresentatives to the UN to discuss free elections |
| Constitution Arbenz Guzm n, Jacobo |  |
| Arbenz assumes the presidency after Guatemala 's first-ever universal-suffrage election, marking the first peaceful transition of power in Guatemala 's history |
| Constitution Malan, Daniel Francois |  |
| Separate Representation of Voters Act, apartheid legislation |
| Coup d'Etat Peron, Juan Domingo |  |
| Defeats an attempted military coup |
| Coup d'Etat Ballivian, Hugo |  |
| Leads aCoup preventing Estonsoro from taking power |
| Coup d'Etat Estenssoro, Victor Paz | |
| Forced to handover power to a 10 man military Junta |
| Crisis Ben-Gurion, David | |
| 9th Oct Jerusalem Ends 8 months of ministerial crisis by forming a coalition government |
| Death Wittgenstein, Ludwig | |
| Cambridge Death of Ludwig Wittgenstein |
| Death Vargas, Getulio |  |
| Death of Getulio Vargas, commits suicide |
| Death Bevin, Ernest | |
| 14th April Death of Ernest Bevin |
| Death Gurney, Henry | |
| 6th Oct London Assassinated in Malaya by a Communist |
| Death Abdullah I | |
| 20th July Jerusalem Death of Abdullah I, assassinated |
| Death Khan, Liaquat Ali | |
| 16th Oct Assassinated by an Afghanfanatic, disorder follows |
| Death Liaquat, Ali Khan | |
| Death of Ali Khan Liaquat, assassinated |
| Death Chapaprieta, Joaquin |  |
| Death of Joaquin Chapaprieta |
| Debut Nicholson, Bill | |
19th May Makes his full international debut for England  against Portugal  at Goodison Park, Liverpool, and makes an immediate impression by scoring with his first touch of the ball after only 19 seconds |
| 19th May Nicholson's only international appearance, because of injuries, the dominance of Billy Wright, and on many occasions he put his club before his country |
| Demonstrations Malan, Daniel Francois | |
| July The ANC, the India |
