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*January 3 - [[Robert Byrd]] is elected to the United States Senate. | *January 3 - [[Robert Byrd]] is elected to the United States Senate. | ||
*March - The [[American Nazi Party]] is founded by [[George Lincoln Rockwell]]. | *March - The [[American Nazi Party]] is founded by [[George Lincoln Rockwell]]. | ||
*April 17 - [[Vito Genovese]], boss of the Genovese crime family, is convicted of drug trafficking and is sentenced to 15 years in prison. | |||
*May 17 - [[Che Guevara]] launches the first Cuban land reform campaign. | |||
*May 23 - Beginning of the Laotian Civil War. | *May 23 - Beginning of the Laotian Civil War. | ||
*June 5 - [[Lee Kuan Yew]] is named the first Prime Minister of Singapore. | *June 5 - [[Lee Kuan Yew]] is named the first Prime Minister of Singapore. | ||
*June 19 - The [[National Party (South Africa)|National Party]] passes the Bantu Self-Governence Act, which orders all Colored people to be removed from South Africa proper and relocated to designed homelands (Bantustans) within the country's borders. | |||
*July 25 - At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, United States Vice President [[Richard Nixon]] and USSR Premier [[Nikita Khrushchev]] engage in the "Kitchen Debate". | *July 25 - At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, United States Vice President [[Richard Nixon]] and USSR Premier [[Nikita Khrushchev]] engage in the "Kitchen Debate". | ||
*July 31 - [[ETA]] is founded. | *July 31 - [[ETA]] is founded. | ||
*August - Beginning of the Great Chinese Famine. | |||
*August 5 - [[Maurice Yaméogo]] is named the first President of Upper Volta. | *August 5 - [[Maurice Yaméogo]] is named the first President of Upper Volta. | ||
*November 2 - Beginning of the Rwandan Revolution. | *November 2 - Beginning of the Rwandan Revolution. | ||
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*January 20 - [[Joel Rifkin]] | *January 20 - [[Joel Rifkin]] | ||
*January 26 - [[Roy Whiting]] | *January 26 - [[Roy Whiting]] | ||
*February 3 - [[Jeff Doucet]] | |||
*March 1 - [[Nick Griffin]] | *March 1 - [[Nick Griffin]] | ||
*July 7 - [[John Miller]] | |||
*July 25 - [[Anatoly Onoprienko]] | *July 25 - [[Anatoly Onoprienko]] | ||
*July 26 - [[Michael Bruce Ross]] | *July 26 - [[Michael Bruce Ross]] | ||
*August 1 - [[Ángel Maturino Reséndiz]] | *August 1 - [[Ángel Maturino Reséndiz]] | ||
*August 8 - [[Frank R. James]] | |||
*August 17 - [[David Koresh]] | *August 17 - [[David Koresh]] | ||
*August 19 - [[Anthony Sowell]] | *August 19 - [[Anthony Sowell]] | ||
*August 21 - [[Shawn Nelson]] | *August 21 - [[Shawn Nelson]] | ||
*August 27 - [[Gundolf Köhler]] | |||
*October 25 - [[Kieran Fleming]] | *October 25 - [[Kieran Fleming]] | ||
*October 29 - [[John Magufuli]] | *October 29 - [[John Magufuli]] | ||
*November 22 - [[Pamela Ann Fahy]] | *November 22 - [[Pamela Ann Fahy]] | ||
*December 1 - [[Emmanuel Rukundo]] | *December 1 - [[Emmanuel Rukundo]] | ||
*December 18 - [[Charles Stuart]] | |||
*Unknown - [[Pascal Simbikangwa]] | |||
*Unknown - [[Andrew Hall]] | |||
=== Victim births === | === Victim births === | ||
*May 19 - Nicole Brown Simpson | |||
*May 30 - Winfield Mowder | |||
*June - Aaron Webster | |||
*October 17 - Marie Lilienberg | |||
*November 23 - Dominique Dunne | |||
*December 27 - Margaret Fetterolf | |||
*Unknown - Steven Hicks | |||
== Deaths == | == Deaths == | ||
=== Villain deaths === | === Villain deaths === | ||
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=== Victim deaths === | === Victim deaths === | ||
* June 17 - Elizabeth Figg | |||
* November 15 - Herbert, Bonnie, Nancy, and Kenyon Clutter | * November 15 - Herbert, Bonnie, Nancy, and Kenyon Clutter | ||