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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.
*January 26 - [[Tsui Yin]] kills 7 people and injures 3 others with a gun at Li Shing High School.
*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.  
*March 19 - The Évian Accords are signed, ending the [[Algerian War of Independence]].
*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.
*June 2 - The [[Novocherkassk massacre]] takes place in Novocherkassk, Russia when the Soviet Army and the [[KGB]] use deadly force to put down a labor strike, killing 26 people and injuring 87.
*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. Kayibanda becomes the first person to promote [[Hutu Power]].
*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. Kayibanda becomes the first person to promote [[Hutu Power]].
*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.
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=== Villain births ===
=== Villain births ===
*January 3 - [[Guillermo Fariñas]]
*January 3 - [[Guillermo Fariñas]]
*January 22 - [[Oscar Bolin]]
*January 29 - [[Ismail Haniyeh]]
*January 29 - [[Ismail Haniyeh]]
*February 15 - [[Milo Đukanović]]
*February 15 - [[Milo Đukanović]]
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*July 15 - [[Glen Edward Rogers]]
*July 15 - [[Glen Edward Rogers]]
*July 18 - [[Abu Sabaya]]
*July 18 - [[Abu Sabaya]]
*August 4 - [[Martin O'Prey]]
*August 29 - [[Richard Angelo]]
*November 1 - [[Adolfo Constanzo]]
*November 1 - [[Adolfo Constanzo]]
*November 4 - [[Jean-Pierre Bemba]]
*November 4 - [[Jean-Pierre Bemba]]
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*December 9 - [[Felicity Huffman]]
*December 9 - [[Felicity Huffman]]
*December 22 - [[Scott Erskine]]
*December 22 - [[Scott Erskine]]
*December 29 - [[Sergei Ryakhovsky]]
*Unknown - [[Brian Robinson]]
*Unknown - [[Brian Robinson]]
*Unknown - [[David Wayne Hull]]
*Unknown - [[David Wayne Hull]]
*Unknown - [[Gang Lu]]


=== Victim births ===
=== Victim births ===
* April 5 - Lana Clarkson
* April 5 - Lana Clarkson
* May 6 - Lynette Culver
* May 10 - Vidar Lillelid
* July 9 - Lucinda Schaefer
* September 26 - James Closs
* September 26 - James Closs
* October 3 - Mary Fisher
* October 3 - Mary Fisher
* Unknown - Steven Tuomi


== Deaths ==
== Deaths ==
=== Villain deaths ===
=== Villain deaths ===
*January 26 - [[Lucky Luciano]]
*April 4 - [[James Hanratty]]
*April 4 - [[James Hanratty]]
*April 8 - [[Anthony Strollo]] ''(disappeared; presumed deceased)''
*May 31 - [[Adolf Eichmann]]
*May 31 - [[Adolf Eichmann]]
*July 26 - [[Tsui Yin]]
=== Victim deaths ===
=== Victim deaths ===