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* February 4 - Beginning of the Angolan War of Independence. | * February 4 - Beginning of the Angolan War of Independence. | ||
* February 26 - [[Hassan II of Morocco|Hassan II]] is crowned King of Morocco. | * February 26 - [[Hassan II of Morocco|Hassan II]] is crowned King of Morocco. | ||
* March 4 - [[Ove Andersson]] kill 1 person and injured 6 others during a school dance. | |||
* April 17 to 20 - The Bay of Pigs invasion: an army of [[Cuban dissident movement|Cuban dissidents]] trained and funded by the United States invades Cuba in an attempt to depose [[Fidel Castro]]. The invasion fails abysmally when Cuba learns of it ahead of time. | * April 17 to 20 - The Bay of Pigs invasion: an army of [[Cuban dissident movement|Cuban dissidents]] trained and funded by the United States invades Cuba in an attempt to depose [[Fidel Castro]]. The invasion fails abysmally when Cuba learns of it ahead of time. | ||
* May 14 - A Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama, and the civil rights protestors are beaten by an angry mob of [[Ku Klux Klan]] members. | * May 14 - A Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama, and the civil rights protestors are beaten by an angry mob of [[Ku Klux Klan]] members. | ||