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| Air Crash Menderes, Adnan |  |
| 17th Feb Menderes survives an air crash |
| Ambassador Malik, Adam |  |
| Appointed Ambassador to Russia |
| Arrest Manteuffel, Hasso von |  |
| Found guilty of shooting a deserter in 1944 |
| Arrest Kenyatta, Jomo |  |
| 14th April Completes his sentence for the Mau Mau risings |
| Arrest Souphanouvong |  |
| Imprisoned for being too pro-Vietnam ese 1959-1960 |
| Arrest Lumumba, Patrice mery |  |
| Stanleyville Lumumba as leader of the MNC is arrested for allegedly inciting an anti-colonial riot in Stanleyville where thirty people were killed, for which he was sentenced to six months in prison |
| Arrest Kuanda, Kenneth David |  |
| Kaunda is sentenced to nine months' imprisonment, which he spent first in Lusaka, then in Salisbury (Harare) |
| Oct While Kaunda is in prison, Mainza Chona and other nationalists break away from the ANC and, in October 1959, Chona becomes the first President of the United National Independence Party (UNIP), the successor to ZANC |
| Assassination Fain, John |  |
An FBI agent who opens a case file on Oswald after his defection to the Soviet  Union |
| Beatles, The Best, Pete |  |
| Liverpool Founder Member of The Beatles |
| Beatles, The Harrison, George | |
| Liverpool The Quarrymen become the Beatles |
| 29th Aug Liverpool Opening night of the Casbah club where the Quarry Men take up residency |
| Beatles, The Lennon, John Winston | |
| Liverpool Founder Member of The Beatles |
| 29th Aug Liverpool Opening night of the Casbah club where the Quarry Men take up residency |
| Beatles, The McCartney, Paul | |
| 29th Aug Liverpool Opening night of the Casbah club where the Quarry Men take up residency |
| Beatles, The Sutcliffe, Stuart | |
| Liverpool Founder Member of The Beatles |
| Birth Omar, Mullah Muhammad |  |
| Nodeh Birth of Mullah Muhammad Omar |
| Birth Adams, Bryan |  |
| 5th Nov Kingston Birth of Bryan Adams |
| Birth McEnroe, John | |
| 16th Feb Wiesbaden Birth of John McEnroe |
| Blockade of Israel Ben-Gurion, David |  |
| Suez Canal Egypt renews the Israel i blockade through the Suez canal |
| Budget Heathcoat Amory, Derick | |
| April London Cuts income tax, purchase tax & the price of beer & restores investment allowances |
| Campaign Maize Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Launches the maize campaign |
| Chairman National Congress Chuh, Teh |  |
| Appointed Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress |
| Chairman Public Accounts Committee Wilson, James Harold | |
| London Appointed Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee |
| Citizenship Oswald, Lee Harvey | |
| 31st Oct Oswald attempts to renounce his USA citizenship |
| Civil Disobedience King, Martin Luther | |
Visits India  to study nonviolence andcivil disobedience |
| Commander Guevara, Ernesto "Che" |  |
| 2nd Jan La Cabaa Fortress Prison Appointed commander of the La Cabaa Fortress prison |
| Commander Pinochet, Augusto Jos Ramn |  |
| Appointed Commander of the "Esmeralda" Regiment |
| Committee Defense of the Revolution Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro |  |
| The USSR sends over one hundred mostly Spanish speaking advisors, including Enrique Lster Forjn, to organize the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution |
| Conference of Allies MacMillan, Maurice Harold | |
| Dec London The 4 major western allies agree to attend a summit with Britain as its organiser |
| Conference of ANC Lutuli, Albert |  |
| Dec Durban Africa A conference is held during Durban's anti-pass demonstrations |
| Dec Durban Africa Conference votes to initiate an anti-pass law campaign with a pass bonfire 26th June |
| Conference of Geneva MacMillan, Maurice Harold | |
11th May Geneva Attended by the Foreign Ministers of Britain , Russia, America & France  |
| 11th May Geneva The conference place at MacMillan's instigation |
| Conference of Lushan Dehuai, Peng | |
| Lushan Dismissed for criticizing Mao's economic management at the Lushan Conference |
| Conference of Nuclear Test Ban Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Geneva Attends but atreaty is not agreed due to USA opposition, the "big hole" theory |
| Geneva Attends but a Treaty is not agreed due to USA opposition, the "big hole" theory |
| Congress of CP, 21st Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| 21st Party Congress |
| Constitution Bevan, Aneurin | |
| Defends Clause IV from attempts by Gaitskell to have it removed from the constitution |
| Constitution Gaitskell, Hugh Todd Naylor | |
| Blackpool Urges Labour to adopt a mixed economy at the Blackpool Conference |
| Nov Blackpool Accepts Wilson's comprimise for Clause IV of the Labour Party for "common ownership" |
| 28th Nov Calls for thereform of Clause IV of after the loss of 3 elections in a row |
| Constitution Wilson, James Harold | |
| Nov Blackpool Describes reforming Clause IV as "taking Genisis out of the Bible" |
| Nov Blackpool Gaitskell accepts Wilson's Clause IVreform of the Labour Party for "common ownership" |
| Constitution Sukarno, Achmed | |
| July Bandung Seeks to unite Indonesia through "Guided Democracy" |
| Constitution Youlou, Fulbert | |
| Becomes the Congo's 1st President |
| Coup d'Etat Batista, Fulgenico | |
| 1st Jan Havana Overthrown by Fidel Castro |
| Coup d'Etat Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro | |
| 1st Jan Havana Castro's army, having defeated the American-backed Batista government, rolls victoriously into Havana |
| 8th Jan Havana Castro arrives in Havana to cheering mobs & assumes the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces |
| Coup d'Etat Hussein, Saddam |  |
Flees to Syria  after an abortiveCoup against the military dictator brigadier Kassem |
| Crisis Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Berlin Russia withdraws its deadline & instead meets with the Western powers in a Big Four foreign ministers' conference |
| Sep Berlin Khrushchev & Eisenhower stated jointly that the most important issue in the world was general disarmament & Berlin to be resolved by negotiation |
| Death Malan, Daniel Francois | |
| Feb Death of Daniel Francois Malan |
| Death Holly, Buddy | |
| Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson) are killed when a plane Buddy Holly had chartered from Mason City, Iowa, to Fargo, North Dakota crashes in a corn field |
| Death Valens, Ritchie | |
| 2nd Feb Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson) are killed when a plane Buddy Holly had chartered from Mason City, Iowa, to Fargo, North Dakota crashes in a corn field |
| Defection Oswald, Lee Harvey | |
| Oswald defects to the Soviet Union |
| Helsinki After a short stay in Helsinki Oswald gains a 6 day tourist visa to enter the Soviet Union |
| Helsinki When an application is rejected Oswald attempts suicide by cutting his wrist, is kept in hospital for a week & stays |
| Moscow Shows up at the USA Embassy saying he wants to renounce his USA citizenship |
| 10th Oct Helsinki Oswald takes a plane to Helsinki |
| 16th Oct Moscow Oswald arrives in Moscow |
| Demonstrations Lutuli, Albert | |
| Dec Durban Africa A conference is held during Durban's anti-pass demonstrations |
| Dec Durban Africa Conference votes to initiate an anti-pass law campaign with a pass bonfire 26th June |
| Demonstrations Lumumba, Patrice mery | |
| Stanleyville Lumumba as leader of the MNC is arrested for allegedly inciting an anti-colonial riot in Stanleyville where thirty people were killed, for which he was sentenced to six months in prison |
| Dictatorship Sukarno Sukarno, Achmed | |
| Jakarta Internal unrest is overcome by a proclamation of national aims |
| Diplomacy Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| 29th Aug The India n border is violated by Chinese troops |
| Diplomacy Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro | |
| A variety of pacts were signed between Castro & Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, allo |
