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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]]. | ||
*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. | ||
*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". | ||