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== Events == | == Events == | ||
*January 11 to February 7 - The [[Communist Party of China]] hosts the Seven Thousand Cadres Conference in Beijing to discuss the consequences of the Great Leap Forward, which is declared over. | *January 11 to February 7 - The [[Communist Party of China]] hosts the Seven Thousand Cadres Conference in Beijing to discuss the consequences of the Great Leap Forward, which is declared over. | ||
*March 2 - [[Ne Win]] seizes control of Burma in a successful military coup. | *March 2 - [[Ne Win]] seizes control of Burma in a successful military coup. | ||
*June 1 - [[Adolf Eichmann]] is hanged for [[crimes against humanity]] committed during [[the Holocaust]] at Ayalon Prison in Ramla, Israel. | *June 1 - [[Adolf Eichmann]] is hanged for [[crimes against humanity]] committed during [[the Holocaust]] at Ayalon Prison in Ramla, Israel. | ||
*July 1 - Rwanda declares independence from Belgium, marking the end of the Rwandan Revolution. [[Grégoire Kayibanda]] is named the first President of Rwanda, with his [[Parmehutu]] party becoming the country's ruling party. | |||
*July 1 - Rwanda declares independence from Belgium, marking the end of the Rwandan Revolution. [[Grégoire Kayibanda]] is named the first President of Rwanda, with his [[Parmehutu]] party becoming the country's ruling party | |||
*July 4 - The [[Burma Socialist Programme Party]] is established to serve as the governing political party of Burma. | *July 4 - The [[Burma Socialist Programme Party]] is established to serve as the governing political party of Burma. | ||
*October 16 to 28 - The [[Cuban Missile Crisis]]: the United States and the Soviet Union have a 12-day standoff after it is revealed that the Soviet Union had constructed missile launch facilities in Cuba. After intense negotiations between President John F. Kennedy and Premier [[Nikita Khrushchev]], the Soviet Union agrees to dismantle the Cuban weapons, and in exchange, the United States agrees to remove their weapons from Turkey. The confrontation is often considered the closest the [[Cold War]] came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war. | |||
*October 16 to 28 - The [[Cuban Missile Crisis]]: the United States and the Soviet Union have a 12-day standoff after it is revealed that the Soviet Union had constructed missile launch facilities in Cuba. After intense negotiations between President John F. Kennedy and Premier [[Nikita Khrushchev]], the Soviet Union agrees to | |||
== Births == | == Births == | ||
=== Villain births === | === Villain births === | ||
*January 3 - [[Guillermo Fariñas]] | *January 3 - [[Guillermo Fariñas]] | ||
*January 29 - [[Ismail Haniyeh]] | *January 29 - [[Ismail Haniyeh]] | ||
*February 15 - [[Milo Đukanović]] | *February 15 - [[Milo Đukanović]] | ||
*March 17 - [[Cesar Sayoc]] | *March 17 - [[Cesar Sayoc]] | ||
*April 3 - [[Brenda Spencer]] | *April 3 - [[Brenda Spencer]] | ||
*May 30 - [[Innocent Sagahutu]] | *May 30 - [[Innocent Sagahutu]] | ||
*June 6 - [[Terrence Brown]] | *June 6 - [[Terrence Brown]] | ||
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*July 15 - [[Glen Edward Rogers]] | *July 15 - [[Glen Edward Rogers]] | ||
*July 18 - [[Abu Sabaya]] | *July 18 - [[Abu Sabaya]] | ||
*November 1 - [[Adolfo Constanzo]] | *November 1 - [[Adolfo Constanzo]] | ||
*November 4 - [[Jean-Pierre Bemba]] | *November 4 - [[Jean-Pierre Bemba]] | ||
*November 23 - [[Nicolás Maduro]] & [[Thomas J. Grasso]] | *November 23 - [[Nicolás Maduro]] & [[Thomas J. Grasso]] | ||
*December 22 - [[Scott Erskine]] | *December 22 - [[Scott Erskine]] | ||
*Unknown - [[Brian Robinson]] | *Unknown - [[Brian Robinson]] | ||
*Unknown - [[David Wayne Hull]] | *Unknown - [[David Wayne Hull]] | ||
=== Victim births === | === Victim births === | ||
* October 3 - Mary Fisher | * October 3 - Mary Fisher | ||
== Deaths == | == Deaths == | ||
=== Villain deaths === | === Villain deaths === | ||
*April 4 - [[James Hanratty]] | *April 4 - [[James Hanratty]] | ||
*May 31 - [[Adolf Eichmann]] | *May 31 - [[Adolf Eichmann]] | ||
=== Victim deaths === | === Victim deaths === |