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* April 26 - [[Syngman Rhee]] resigns as President of South Korea. | * April 26 - [[Syngman Rhee]] resigns as President of South Korea. | ||
* May 11 - [[Adolf Eichmann]], a [[Nazi Party|Nazi]] war criminal and a major perpetrator of [[the Holocaust]], is captured in Brazil by the Israeli Mossad. | * May 11 - [[Adolf Eichmann]], a [[Nazi Party|Nazi]] war criminal and a major perpetrator of [[the Holocaust]], is captured in Brazil by the Israeli Mossad. | ||
* July 1 - Ghana drafts a new constitution, subsequently reorganizing the country as a presidential republic. Prime Minister [[Kwame Nkrumah]] is subsequently elected President. | |||
* July 5 - Beginning of the Congo Crisis. | * July 5 - Beginning of the Congo Crisis. | ||
* July 12 - [[Communist Party of Malaya]] leader [[Chin Peng]] is [[exile]]d to Thailand. End of the Malayan Emergency. | * July 12 - [[Communist Party of Malaya]] leader [[Chin Peng]] is [[exile]]d to Thailand. End of the Malayan Emergency. |