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== Events == | == Events == | ||
* January 6 - [[Sigurbjörn Ingi Þorvaldsson]] kills Konkordía Jónatansdóttir with a rifle shot at the Reykjavik School of Horticulture | |||
* January 23 - 24-year old African-American man Willie Edwards is abducted and murdered in Montgomery County, Alabama by the [[Ku Klux Klan]]. | * January 23 - 24-year old African-American man Willie Edwards is abducted and murdered in Montgomery County, Alabama by the [[Ku Klux Klan]]. | ||
* February 11 - [[William Unek]] goes on a second killing spree in Malampaka, Tanzania, killing a total of 36 people. He would later be killed by police after being cornered in a house in the village. | * February 11 - [[William Unek]] goes on a second killing spree in Malampaka, Tanzania, killing a total of 36 people. He would later be killed by police after being cornered in a house in the village. | ||
* March 6 - Ghana (formerly known as the Gold Coast) declares independence from the United Kingdom. [[Kwame Nkrumah]], who had been Prime Minister, retains the position in the new republic. | |||
* March 14 - President [[Sukarno]] declares martial law in Indonesia. | * March 14 - President [[Sukarno]] declares martial law in Indonesia. | ||
* May 10 - [[Gustavo Rojas Pinilla]] is ousted as President of Colombia. | * May 10 - [[Gustavo Rojas Pinilla]] is ousted as President of Colombia. | ||
* June - [[Parmehutu]] is founded. | * June - [[Parmehutu]] is founded. | ||
* September 4 - Governor [[Orval Faubus]] of Arkansas calls out the National Guard of the United States to prevent African-American students from enrolling in Little Rock Central High School. | * July 26 - President of Guatemala [[Carlos Castillo Armas]] is assassinated in the presidential palace in Guatemala City by [[Romeo Vásquez Sánchez]], a left-wing sympathizer and member of the presidential guard. | ||
*September 4 - Governor [[Orval Faubus]] of Arkansas calls out the National Guard of the United States to prevent African-American students from enrolling in Little Rock Central High School. | |||
* October 22 - [[François Duvalier]] is elected President of Haiti. | * October 22 - [[François Duvalier]] is elected President of Haiti. | ||
* November 14 - [[Vito Genovese]] declares himself ''capo de tutti capi'' of the [[American Mafia]]. | * November 14 - [[Vito Genovese]] declares himself ''capo de tutti capi'' of the [[American Mafia]]. | ||
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* January 6 - [[Freddie Lee Glenn]] | * January 6 - [[Freddie Lee Glenn]] | ||
* January 12 - [[Augustin Ngirabatware]] | * January 12 - [[Augustin Ngirabatware]] | ||
* January 17 - [[Anthony Warner]] | |||
* January 25 - [[Luis Garavito]] | * January 25 - [[Luis Garavito]] | ||
* January 27 - [[Yaser Abdel Said]] | * January 27 - [[Yaser Abdel Said]] | ||
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* May 26 - [[Mary Bell]] | * May 26 - [[Mary Bell]] | ||
* June 29 - [[Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow]] | * June 29 - [[Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow]] | ||
* July 17 - [[Debra McCurdy]] | |||
* August 11 - [[Ian Stuart Donaldson]] | * August 11 - [[Ian Stuart Donaldson]] | ||
* September 3 - [[Delroy Grant]] | |||
* September 4 - [[James Duckett]] | |||
* September 9 - [[Anthony Barbaro]] | |||
*September 13 - [[Bongbong Marcos]] | |||
* October 4 - [[Branimir Donchev]] | |||
* October 18 - [[Laurie Dann]] | * October 18 - [[Laurie Dann]] | ||
* October 23 - [[Paul Kagame]] | * October 23 - [[Paul Kagame]] | ||
* October 28 - [[Simon Lokodo]] | |||
* October 31 - [[Shirley Phelps-Roper]] | * October 31 - [[Shirley Phelps-Roper]] | ||
* November 27 - [[Derrick Bird]] | * November 27 - [[Derrick Bird]] | ||
* December 6 - [[Andrew Cuomo]] and [[Dana Sue Gray]] | |||
* December 17 - [[Juana Barraza]] | * December 17 - [[Juana Barraza]] | ||
* December 25 - [[Hassan Ngeze]] | * December 25 - [[Hassan Ngeze]] | ||
*Unknown - [[Inderjit Kainth]] | |||
*Unknown - [[Ben Garrison]] | |||
=== Victim births === | === Victim births === | ||
* January 31 - Carla Jan Walker | |||
* February 7 - Sheri Rasmussen | * February 7 - Sheri Rasmussen | ||
* March 12 - Debra Kent | |||
* July 4 - Melissa Smith | |||
* July 20 - Michele LeAnn Morgan | |||
* August 8 - Michael Baulch | |||
* August 21 - Laura Aime | |||
* November 6 - Maria Wahlen | |||
* November 29 - Debra Rene Spivey Barton | |||
* Unknown - Bich Ha Pan | |||
* Unknown - Ricky Beeks | |||
== Deaths == | == Deaths == | ||
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* February 21 - [[William Unek]] | * February 21 - [[William Unek]] | ||
* March 30 - [[Max Amann]] | * March 30 - [[Max Amann]] | ||
* April 16 - [[Johnny Torrio]] | |||
* May 2 - [[Joseph McCarthy]] | * May 2 - [[Joseph McCarthy]] | ||
* July 26 - [[Carlos Castillo Armas]] | |||
* August 9 - [[Carl Clauberg]] | * August 9 - [[Carl Clauberg]] | ||
* October 25 - [[Albert Anastasia]] | * October 25 - [[Albert Anastasia]] | ||
=== Victim deaths === | === Victim deaths === | ||
* January 6 - Konkordía Jónatansdóttir | |||
* January 23 - Willie Edwards | * January 23 - Willie Edwards | ||