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* February 25 - [[Adib Shishakli]] is overthrown as President of Syria. | * February 25 - [[Adib Shishakli]] is overthrown as President of Syria. | ||
* 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 Bulgarian Communist Party. | * 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, replacing the [[MVD]] in that capacity. [[Ivan Serov]] is appointed chairman. | * March 13 - The [[KGB]] is founded to serve as the [[secret police]] of the Soviet Union, replacing the [[MVD]] in that capacity. [[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 - [[Operation PBSuccess]]: at the behest of the [[United Fruit Company]], 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. | ||
* September 27 - [[Zhou Enlai]] is named the first Premier of the People's Republic of China. | * September 27 - [[Zhou Enlai]] is named the first Premier of the People's Republic of China. | ||
* November 1 - Beginning of the Algerian War of Independence. | * November 1 - Beginning of the [[Algerian War of Independence]]. | ||
* 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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* February 26 - [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] | * February 26 - [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] | ||
* March 21 - [[Prayuth Chan-o-cha]] | * March 21 - [[Prayuth Chan-o-cha]] | ||
* April 5 - [[David Maust]] | |||
* 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 21 - [[Shinzo Abe]] | |||
* September 28 - [[Simon Bikindi]] | * September 28 - [[Simon Bikindi]] | ||
* October 11 - [[Vojislav Šešelj]] | |||
* November 2 - [[August Kreis]] | * November 2 - [[August Kreis]] | ||
* November 10 - [[Henry Francis Hayes]] | * November 10 - [[Henry Francis Hayes]] | ||
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* Unknown - [[Augustin Bizimana]] | * Unknown - [[Augustin Bizimana]] | ||
* Unknown - [[Barry Bennell]] | * Unknown - [[Barry Bennell]] | ||
* Unknown - [[Sylvestre Mudacumura]] | |||
=== Victim births === | === Victim births === | ||
* February 27 - Roberta Parks | |||
* November 16 - Jon Garth Murray | * November 16 - Jon Garth Murray | ||
* November 25 - Marise Chiverella | |||
* December 13 - Dolores Della Penna | |||
* Unknown - Donna Manson | |||
== Deaths == | == Deaths == | ||
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* April 18 - [[A.O. Neville]] | * April 18 - [[A.O. Neville]] | ||
* July 10 - [[Calogero Vizzini]] | * July 10 - [[Calogero Vizzini]] | ||
* August 24 - [[Getúlio Vargas]] | |||
=== Victim deaths === | === Victim deaths === | ||
* July 4 - [[Murder of Marilyn Sheppard|Marilyn Sheppard]] | |||