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Events
- 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 - The "Kitchen Debate" occurs between U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
- July 31 - ETA is founded.
- November 2 - Beginning of the Rwandan Revolution.
- Unknown - Fatah is founded by Yasser Arafat.
Births
Villain births
- January 20 - Joel Rifkin
- March 1 - Nick Griffin
- July 25 - Anatoly Onoprienko
- July 26 - Michael Bruce Ross
- August 1 - Ángel Maturino Reséndiz
- August 17 - David Koresh
- August 19 - Anthony Sowell
- August 21 - Shawn Nelson
- October 25 - Kieran Fleming
- October 29 - John Magufuli
- November 22 - Pamela Ann Fahy
- December 1 - Emmanuel Rukundo
- Unknown - Roy Whiting
Victim births
Deaths
Villain deaths
- February 7 - Daniel François Malan
- June 23 - Fritz Kraemer
- June 25 - Charles Starkweather
- July 27 - Aleksandar Tsankov
- September 18 - Harvey Glatman
- October 9 - Shirō Ishii
- December 28 - Ante Pavelić