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Events edit

January 1 - End of the Battle of Santa Clara. Fulgencio Batista is overthrown as dictator of Cuba by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, who assume control of the country.
January 3 - Robert Byrd is elected to the United States Senate.
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.
June 5 - Lee Kuan Yew is named the first Prime Minister of Singapore.
June 19 - The 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 31 - ETA is founded.
August - Beginning of the Great Chinese Famine.
August 5 - Maurice Yaméogo is named the first President of Upper Volta.
November 2 - Beginning of the Rwandan Revolution.
November 15 - The Clutter family murders take place in Holcomb, Kansas when all four members of the Clutter family are killed by Perry Edward Smith and Richard Hickock.
Unknown - Fatah is founded by Yasser Arafat.

Births edit

Villain births edit

January 20 - Joel Rifkin
January 26 - Roy Whiting
February 3 - Jeff Doucet
March 1 - Nick Griffin
July 7 - John Miller
July 25 - Anatoly Onoprienko
July 26 - Michael Bruce Ross
August 1 - Ángel Maturino Reséndiz
August 8 - Frank R. James
August 17 - David Koresh
August 19 - Anthony Sowell
August 21 - Shawn Nelson
August 27 - Gundolf Köhler
October 25 - Kieran Fleming
October 29 - John Magufuli
November 22 - Pamela Ann Fahy
December 1 - Emmanuel Rukundo
December 18 - Charles Stuart
Unknown - Pascal Simbikangwa
Unknown - Andrew Hall

Victim births edit

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 edit

Villain deaths edit

February 7 - Daniel François Malan
June 22 - Karl Jäger
June 23 - Fritz Kraemer
June 25 - Charles Starkweather
July 27 - Aleksandar Tsankov
September 18 - Harvey Glatman
October 9 - Shirō Ishii
October 14 - Günther Tamaschke
October 15 - Stepan Bandera
December 28 - Ante Pavelić

Victim deaths edit

June 17 - Elizabeth Figg
November 15 - Herbert, Bonnie, Nancy, and Kenyon Clutter

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 *January 1 - End of the Battle of Santa Clara. [[Fulgencio Batista]] is overthrown as dictator of Cuba by [[Fidel Castro]]'s [[26th of July Movement]], who assume control of the country.
 *January 3 - [[Robert Byrd]] is elected to the United States Senate.
+*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.
 *June 5 - [[Lee Kuan Yew]] is named the first Prime Minister of Singapore.
-*July 25 - The "Kitchen Debate" occurs between U.S. Vice President [[Richard Nixon]] and Soviet Premier [[Nikita Khrushchev]].
+*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 31 - [[ETA]] is founded.
+*August - Beginning of the Great Chinese Famine.
+*August 5 - [[Maurice Yaméogo]] is named the first President of Upper Volta.
 *November 2 - Beginning of the Rwandan Revolution.
+*November 15 - The Clutter family murders take place in Holcomb, Kansas when all four members of the Clutter family are killed by [[Perry Edward Smith]] and [[Richard Hickock]].
 *Unknown - [[Fatah]] is founded by [[Yasser Arafat]].
 == Births ==
 === Villain births ===
 *January 20 - [[Joel Rifkin]]
+*January 26 - [[Roy Whiting]]
+*February 3 - [[Jeff Doucet]]
 *March 1 - [[Nick Griffin]]
+*July 7 - [[John Miller]]
 *July 25 - [[Anatoly Onoprienko]]
 *July 26 - [[Michael Bruce Ross]]
 *August 1 - [[Ángel Maturino Reséndiz]]
+*August 8 - [[Frank R. James]]
 *August 17 - [[David Koresh]]
 *August 19 - [[Anthony Sowell]]
 *August 21 - [[Shawn Nelson]]
+*August 27 - [[Gundolf Köhler]]
 *October 25 - [[Kieran Fleming]]
 *October 29 - [[John Magufuli]]
 *November 22 - [[Pamela Ann Fahy]]
 *December 1 - [[Emmanuel Rukundo]]
-*Unknown - [[Roy Whiting]]
+*December 18 - [[Charles Stuart]]
+*Unknown - [[Pascal Simbikangwa]]
+*Unknown - [[Andrew Hall]]
 === 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 ==
 === Villain deaths ===
 *February 7 - [[Daniel François Malan]]
+*June 22 - [[Karl Jäger]]
 *June 23 - [[Fritz Kraemer]]
 *June 25 - [[Charles Starkweather]]
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 *September 18 - [[Harvey Glatman]]
 *October 9 - [[Shirō Ishii]]
+*October 14 - [[Günther Tamaschke]]
+*October 15 - [[Stepan Bandera]]
 *December 28 - [[Ante Pavelić]]
 === Victim deaths ===
+* June 17 - Elizabeth Figg
+* November 15 - Herbert, Bonnie, Nancy, and Kenyon Clutter