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*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. | ||