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* February 8 - The [[Stasi]] is founded to serve as the [[secret police]] of East Germany. | * February 8 - The [[Stasi]] is founded to serve as the [[secret police]] of East Germany. | ||
* February 9 - In his speech to the Republican Women's Club at the McClure Hotel in Wheeling, West Virginia, Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]] accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with 205 Communists. | * February 9 - In his speech to the Republican Women's Club at the McClure Hotel in Wheeling, West Virginia, Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]] accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with 205 Communists. | ||
* February | * February 14 - The Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance is signed by the [[Communist Party of China]] and the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]. | ||
* April 8 - In the first shootdown of an American military aircraft by the Soviet Union during the [[Cold War]], two Soviet Lavochkin La-11 fighters intercepted and downed a U.S. Navy PB4Y-2 Privateer surveillance plane that was flying over or near the Latvian SSR with ten men on board, the first of over 350 American servicemen lost in Cold War missions. | |||
* June 25 - North Korea invades South Korea, beginning the [[Korean War]]. | * June 25 - North Korea invades South Korea, beginning the [[Korean War]]. | ||
* July 25 - [[Walter Ulbricht]] is named First Secretary of the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany]]. | * July 25 - [[Walter Ulbricht]] is named First Secretary of the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany]]. | ||
* July 26 to 29 - The [[No Gun Ri Massacre]] takes place. | * July 26 to 29 - The [[No Gun Ri Massacre]] takes place. | ||
* October 12 - The [[Pathet Lao]] is founded. | * October 12 - The [[Pathet Lao]] is founded. | ||
* December 1 - [[Richard Nixon]] is elected to the United States Senate. | |||
== Births == | == Births == | ||
=== Villain births === | === Villain births === | ||
* May 24 - [[Lorenzo Gilyard]] | * March 14 - [[Don Blankenship]] | ||
* April 25 - [[Apollo Quiboloy]] | |||
* May 23 - [[Richard Trenton Chase]] | |||
* May 24 - [[Lorenzo Gilyard]] & [[Tommy DeSimone]] | |||
* June 25 - [[Jim Adkisson]] | * June 25 - [[Jim Adkisson]] | ||
* July 1 - [[David Duke]] | * July 1 - [[David Duke]] | ||
* July 9 - [[Viktor Yanukovych]] | * July 9 - [[Viktor Yanukovych]] | ||
* August 20 - [[William Suff]] | |||
* August 21 - [[Arthur Bremer]] | |||
* September 17 - [[Narendra Modi]] | * September 17 - [[Narendra Modi]] | ||
* September 20 - [[Eli Stutzman]] | * September 20 - [[Eli Stutzman]] | ||
* September 24 - [[Carlton Gary]] | * September 24 - [[Carlton Gary]] | ||
* November 23 - [[Stacey Koon]] | |||
* December 26 - [[Randall Woodfield]] | * December 26 - [[Randall Woodfield]] | ||
* Unknown - [[Jean-Bosco Barayagwiza]] | |||
* Unknown - [[Willem van Spronsen]] | |||
=== Victim births === | === Victim births === | ||
*March 12 - Maria Ridulph | |||
== Deaths == | == Deaths == | ||
=== Villain deaths === | === Villain deaths === | ||
* January 11 - [[James A. Colescott]] | |||
=== Victim deaths === | === Victim deaths === | ||
* June 16 - Veleslav Wahl | |||
* June 27 - Milada Horáková | |||