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Events edit

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.
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.
May 10 - Gustavo Rojas Pinilla is ousted as President of Colombia.
June - Parmehutu is founded.
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.
November 14 - Vito Genovese declares himself capo de tutti capi of the American Mafia.
Unknown - SAVAK is founded.
Unknown - The Mexican Mafia is founded.

Births edit

Villain births edit

January 6 - Freddie Lee Glenn
January 12 - Augustin Ngirabatware
January 17 - Anthony Warner
January 25 - Luis Garavito
January 27 - Yaser Abdel Said
February 15 - Nathaniel Bar-Jonah
February 20 - Giovanni Brusca
March 10 - Osama bin Laden
March 11 - Qasem Soleimani
April 4 - Joaquín Guzmán Loera
May 26 - Mary Bell
June 29 - Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
July 17 - Debra McCurdy
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 23 - Paul Kagame
October 28 - Simon Lokodo
October 31 - Shirley Phelps-Roper
November 27 - Derrick Bird
December 6 - Andrew Cuomo and Dana Sue Gray
December 17 - Juana Barraza
December 25 - Hassan Ngeze
Unknown - Inderjit Kainth
Unknown - Ben Garrison

Victim births edit

January 31 - Carla Jan Walker
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 edit

Villain deaths edit

January 11 - Jack Gilbert Graham
February 21 - William Unek
March 30 - Max Amann
April 16 - Johnny Torrio
May 2 - Joseph McCarthy
July 26 - Carlos Castillo Armas
August 9 - Carl Clauberg
October 25 - Albert Anastasia

Victim deaths edit

January 6 - Konkordía Jónatansdóttir
January 23 - Willie Edwards

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 == 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]].
 * 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.
 * May 10 - [[Gustavo Rojas Pinilla]] is ousted as President of Colombia.
@@ Line 18: / Line 20: @@
 * January 6 - [[Freddie Lee Glenn]]
 * January 12 - [[Augustin Ngirabatware]]
+* January 17 - [[Anthony Warner]]
 * January 25 - [[Luis Garavito]]
 * January 27 - [[Yaser Abdel Said]]
@@ Line 27: / Line 30: @@
 * May 26 - [[Mary Bell]]
 * June 29 - [[Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow]]
+* July 17 - [[Debra McCurdy]]
 * 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 23 - [[Paul Kagame]]
@@ Line 36: / Line 42: @@
 * October 31 - [[Shirley Phelps-Roper]]
 * November 27 - [[Derrick Bird]]
-* December 6 - [[Andrew Cuomo]]
+* December 6 - [[Andrew Cuomo]] and [[Dana Sue Gray]]
 * December 17 - [[Juana Barraza]]
 * December 25 - [[Hassan Ngeze]]
-* Unknown - [[Anthony Warner]]
 *Unknown - [[Inderjit Kainth]]
 *Unknown - [[Ben Garrison]]
 === Victim births ===
 * January 31 - Carla Jan Walker
 * 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 ==
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 === Victim deaths ===
+* January 6 - Konkordía Jónatansdóttir
 * January 23 - Willie Edwards