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| 1st Antarctic Crossing Fuchs, Vivien |  |
| 2nd Mar Completes the 1st crossing of the Antarctic |
| 26th of July Movement Guevara, Ernesto "Che" |  |
| July Guevara is tasked with directing a training camp for new volunteers high in the Sierra Maestra at Minas del Fro, Cuba, one of a number of military schools set up by the 26th of July Movement |
| Dec Santa Clara Guevara directs his "suicide squad" in the attack on Santa Clara that turned out to be one of the decisive events of the Cuban revolution |
| Al Fatah Arafat, Yasser |  |
| Founds Al-Fatah |
| Amnesty International Baker, Eric | |
| Upon Benenson's return to London in later 1960 after an extended holiday in Italy, he and Eric Baker begin work on creating an organization which reflects their collective thinking |
| Amnesty International Berenson, Peter | |
| Benenson's conversion to Roman Catholicism influenced him towards a new internationalist thinking based upon Chris tianity and the teachings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, in which injustice must be struggled against regardless of where it occurs or to |
| Upon Benenson's return to London in later 1960 after an extended holiday in Italy, he and Eric Baker begin work on creating an organization which reflects their collective thinking |
| Anniversary Ben-Gurion, David |  |
| Givat Ram The 10th anniversary of Israel's statehood is celebrated with a military parade |
| Arrest Hussein, Saddam |  |
| Arrested for the murder of al-Tikriti |
| Arrest Oswald, Lee Harvey |  |
| Found guilty of using "provoking words" in a quarrel with a sergeant |
| Assassination Abdul-Illah | |
| Death of Abdul-Illah, assassinated |
| Assassination Faisal II | |
| Death of Faisal II, assassinated |
| Battle of La Plata Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro |  |
| May La Plata During the battle of La Plata, Castro's forces defeat an entire battalion |
| Battle of Las Mercedes Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro | |
| May Las Mercedes During the battle of Las Mercedes, Castro's army comes close to defeat & manages to pull his troops out by opening up negotiations with General Cantillo |
| Beatles, The Harrison, George | |
| 1st Feb Paul McCartney introduces George Harris on to the Quarrymen at a basement teen club called the Morgue, George joins the group |
| Beatles, The Lennon, John Winston | |
| 1st Feb Paul McCartney introduces George Harris on to the Quarrymen at a basement teen club called the Morgue, George joins the group |
| Beatles, The McCartney, Paul | |
| 1st Feb Paul McCartney introduces George Harris on to the Quarrymen at a basement teen club called the Morgue, George joins the group |
| Birth Bon, Simon John Charles Le | |
| 27th Oct Bushey Birth of Simon John Charles Le Bon |
| Birth Weller, Paul | |
| 25th May Sheerwater Birth of John William Weller |
| Capture of Santa Clara Batista, Fulgenico | |
| Santa Clara When the rebels capture Santa Clara, east of Havana, Batista decides the struggle is futile and flees the country to exile in Portugal and later Spain |
| Chairman Council of Ministers Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich |  |
| Moscow Appointed Chairman of the Council of Ministers |
| Chairman FPO Peter, Friedrich |  |
| Vienna Appointed Chairman of the FPO |
| Championship Fischer Fischer, Bobby |  |
| 8th Jan Wins the United States Chess Championship, age 14 |
| Chancellor Heathcoat Amory, Derick | |
| 9th Jan London Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| Chief Negotiator Wright, Michael | |
| Geneva Appointed Chief Negotiator for Britain at the Geneva Nuclear Test Ban Conference |
| Commonwealth Hillary, Edmund Percival |  |
| 4th Jan South Pole Zealand Reaches the South Pole as part of the Commonwealth Trans -Antarctic Expedition, for which he led the NewZealand section |
| Commonwealth Verwoerd, Hendrik Frensch | |
| 2nd Sep Pretoria Africa Withdraws from the commonwealth rather than abandon Apartheid |
| Composition Richard, Cliff | |
| 3 British teenagers become Cliff Richard and the Drifters (later renamed Cliff Richard and the Shadows), the group record a hit, "Move It", marking what is held to be the very first true British rock 'n' roll single |
| Composition Nelson, Ricky | |
| Billboard magazine begins Hot 100 chart listing popular songs. Ricky Nelson's "Poor Little Fool" is the first No. 1 record |
| Conference All African People's Lumumba, Patrice mery |  |
| Dec Accra Lumumba and his team represent the MNC at the All-African People's Conference in Accra, Ghana |
| Dec Accra President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana & Lumumba further solidify his Pan-African beliefs |
| Conference of Geneva Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Geneva The West replies to Russia's ultimatum & tries to negotiate but the time limit expires |
| Constitution Mollet, Guy Alcide |  |
| One of the authors of the Constitution of the 5th Republic |
| Constitution MacMillan, Maurice Harold | |
| Flies to Turkey, they refuse to accept his plans for a duel Constitution for Cyprus |
| Life Peerages Act, life Peers are members of the House of Lords who are appointed for life-long terms, but whose membership of the House cannot be inherited by their descendants |
| Works out a Turkish-Greek duel constitutiuon for Cyprus to protect British bases |
| Constitution Khan, Muhammad Ayub |  |
| The Army seizes power and the martial law regime of Muhammad Ayub Khan bans all political parties, this was the end of the old Muslim League |
| Constitution Mirza, Mirza | |
| Mirza abrogates the Constitution & declares martial law |
| Coup d'Etat Batista, Fulgenico | |
| Santa Clara When the rebels capture Santa Clara, east of Havana, Batista decides the struggle is futile and flees the country to exile in Portugal and later Spain |
| Sierra Maestra The rebels had succeed in breaking out of the Sierra Maestra and launch a general insurrection, joined by hundreds of students and others fleeing Batista's crackdown on dissent in the cities |
| 14th Mar In response to Batista's plea to purchase better arms from the USAin order to root out the insurgents in the mountains, the United States Government imposes an arms embargo on the Cuban government |
| Coup d'Etat Faisal II | |
| A revolutionary Coup ends the monarchy |
| Coup d'Etat Hussein, Abd Al-Allah Ibn Ali Ibn | |
| Baghdad Killed during the Iraq revolution |
| Coup d'Etat Hussein, Saddam | |
| Involved in a failed attempt to assassinate President Qassem |
| Coup d'Etat Karim, Abd al- | |
| Baghdad Leads the "Free Officers" who kill the Prime Minister & the royal family |
| Leads the "Free Officers" who kill the Prime Minister & the royal family |
| Coup d'Etat Kassem, Abdul Karim | |
| Kassem seizes power, with local Communist help |
| Coup d'Etat Nu, U |  |
| Stages a Coup d'Etat to solve some of Burma's problems but only has minor success |
| Coup d'Etat Khan, Muhammad Ayub | |
| The Army seizes power and the martial law regime of Muhammad Ayub Khan bans all political parties, this was the end of the old Muslim League |
| Coup d'Etat Abboud, Ibrahim |  |
| Khartoum Carries out a bloodless coup, bans political parties & suspends newspapers |
| Coup d'Etat Azhari, Ismail al | |
| Khartoum Overthrown by a military Coup led by General Ibrahim Abboud |
| Court Martial Oswald, Lee Harvey | |
| 27th June Atsugi Air Base Oswald is Court-martialed for a fight with a Sergeant & confined until August 13th |
| Crisis Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Berlin Intends to sign a peace with East Germany ending Allied rights in west Berlin |
| Berlin The West replies to Russia's ultimatum & negotiates in Geneva |
| Nov Berlin Khrushchev issues an ultimatum giving the Western powers 6 months to agree to withdraw from Berlin and make it a free, demilitarized city |
| Death Abetz, Otto |  |
| 5th May Death of Otto Abetz |
| Death Williams, Ralph Vaughan | |
| 4th Jan Death of |
