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*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.

*August 17 - [[Harry J. Anslinger]] steps down as Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics.

*September 26 - Beginning of the North Yemen Civil 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 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.

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 *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.
+*August 17 - [[Harry J. Anslinger]] steps down as Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics.
 *September 26 - Beginning of the North Yemen Civil 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 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.