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== Events == | == Events == | ||
* March 1 - [[Castle Bravo]]: the United States tests its first lithium deuteride fueled thermonuclear weapon at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. | * March 1 - [[Castle Bravo]]: the United States tests its first lithium deuteride fueled thermonuclear weapon at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. | ||
* March 4 - [[Todor Zhivkov]] is named General Secretary of the | * March 4 - [[Todor Zhivkov]] is named General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party. | ||
* March 13 - The [[KGB]] is founded to serve as the [[secret police]] of the Soviet Union | * March 13 - The [[KGB]] is founded to serve as the [[secret police]] of the Soviet Union. [[Ivan Serov]] is appointed chairman. | ||
* March 13 to May 7 - The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ is fought. | * March 13 to May 7 - The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ is fought. | ||
* May 4 to 7 - [[Alfredo Stroessner]] seizes control of Paraguay following a successful coup. | * May 4 to 7 - [[Alfredo Stroessner]] seizes control of Paraguay following a successful coup. | ||
* May 25 - [[Ho Chi Minh]] launches a campaign of land reform in North Vietnam. | * May 25 - [[Ho Chi Minh]] launches a campaign of land reform in North Vietnam. | ||
* June 18 to 27 - | * June 18 to 27 - The CIA installs [[Carlos Castillo Armas]] as the military dictator of Guatemala, deposing democratically-elected leader Jacobo Árbenz. | ||
* August 1 - End of the First Indochina War. | * August 1 - End of the First Indochina War. | ||
* September 3 - The [[Communist Party of China]] takes control of the the Yijiangshan Islands from Taiwan. | * September 3 - The [[Communist Party of China]] takes control of the the Yijiangshan Islands from Taiwan. | ||
* November 30 - [[Daniel François Malan]] steps down as Prime Minister of South Africa. [[Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom]] is appointed as his successor. | * November 30 - [[Daniel François Malan]] steps down as Prime Minister of South Africa. [[Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom]] is appointed as his successor. | ||
* December 2 - [[Joseph McCarthy]] is censured by the United States Senate. | * December 2 - [[Joseph McCarthy]] is censured by the United States Senate. | ||
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=== Villain births === | === Villain births === | ||
* February 6 - [[Paul Hill]] | * February 6 - [[Paul Hill]] | ||
* May 11 - [[Daniel Conahan]] | * May 11 - [[Daniel Conahan]] | ||
* May 26 - [[Danny Rolling]] | * May 26 - [[Danny Rolling]] | ||
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* August 30 - [[Alexander Lukashenko]] | * August 30 - [[Alexander Lukashenko]] | ||
* September 8 - [[Mark Foley]] | * September 8 - [[Mark Foley]] | ||
* September 28 - [[Simon Bikindi]] | * September 28 - [[Simon Bikindi]] | ||
* November 2 - [[August Kreis]] | * November 2 - [[August Kreis]] | ||
* November 10 - [[Henry Francis Hayes]] | * November 10 - [[Henry Francis Hayes]] | ||
* November 19 - [[Abdel Fattah el-Sisi]] | * November 19 - [[Abdel Fattah el-Sisi]] | ||
* November 26 - [[Velupillai Prabhakaran]] | * November 26 - [[Velupillai Prabhakaran]] | ||
* Unknown - [[Augustin Bizimana]] | * Unknown - [[Augustin Bizimana]] | ||
=== Victim births === | === Victim births === | ||
* November 16 - Jon Garth Murray | * November 16 - Jon Garth Murray | ||
== Deaths == | == Deaths == | ||
=== Villain deaths === | === Villain deaths === | ||
* July 10 - [[Calogero Vizzini]] | * July 10 - [[Calogero Vizzini]] | ||
=== Victim deaths === | === Victim deaths === | ||