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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.
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 31 - ETA is founded.
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.

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 *July 31 - [[ETA]] is founded.
 *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]].
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