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| Abdication Leopold III |  |
| 1st Aug Leopold abdicates in favour of his son Prince Baudouin |
| 1st Aug Leopold's return threatens civil war |
| Anniversary George VI |  |
| 11th Dec Celebrates the 15th year of his accession to the throne |
| Armistice Malik, Jacob |  |
| 25th June The Russian delegate to the UN calls for an armistice |
| Armistice South Il, Nam |  |
| July Kaesong Represents the North Korean Peoples Army |
| Armistice Ridgway, Matthew |  |
| 30th June Makes a radio broadcast offering to send representitives to discuss a cease-fire |
| 10th July Armistice negotiations open between the Commanders of both sides |
| 5th Aug Breaks the Armistice negotiations claiming Nth Korea has broken demilitarization rules |
| 12th Nov Panmunjon A 2nd round of peace negotiations begins |
| 23rd Nov Panmunjon Both sides agree to a cease-fire along a demarcation line |
| Arrest Rendulic, Lothar |  |
| Sentenced to 20 yrs for crimes that could not be proven & released in 1951 |
| Arrest Kadar, Janos |  |
| Expelled from the Communist Party & imprisoned, 1951-1954 |
| Imprisoned for deviation from Stalinism, 1951-1953 |
| Arrest Gomulka, Wladyslaw |  |
| Gomulka is arrested |
| Warsaw Kept in "protective custody" for being considerred too nationalistic by Moscow |
| Assassination Gurney, Henry | |
| 6th Oct London Assassinated in Malaya by a Communist |
| Assassination Abdullah I |  |
| 20th July Jerusalem Abdullah I is assassinated during peace talks between Israel & Jordan |
| 20th July Jerusalem Abdullah I is martyred at al-Aqsa mosque in al-Quds |
| Assassination Hussein I | |
| 20th July Jerusalem Abdullah I is assassinated in the presence of Hussein I |
| Assassination Solh, Riad Bey al- |  |
| 20th July Jerusalem Abdullah I is assassinated during peace talks between Israel & Jordan |
| Assassination Khan, Liaquat Ali |  |
| 16th Oct Assassinated by an Afghanfanatic, disorder follows |
| Assassination Liaquat, Ali Khan | |
| Assassinated while in office |
| Assassination Nazimuddin, Khawaja | |
| Liaquat is succeeded by Khawaja Nazimuddin |
| Assistant Chief of Staff Kreisky, Bruno | |
| Appointed Assistant Chief of Staff and Political Adviser |
| Battle of Alamein, El Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Alamein, El "Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat" |
| Battle of Imjin River Ridgway, Matthew | |
| 22nd April River Imjin Carries out a defensive action against the North Koreans |
| Birth Brown, Gordon | |
| 20th Feb Glasgow Birth of Gordon Brown |
| Birth Elizabeth II | |
| Rome Received by the Pope & celebrates her 25th birthday |
| Birth Keegan, Joseph Kevin | |
| 14th Feb Doncaster Birh of Joseph Kevin Keegan |
| Birth Sumner, Gordon Matthew "Sting" | |
| 2nd Oct Wallsend Birth of Gordon Matthew "Sting" Sumner |
| Birth Thompson, Paul | |
| 13th May Birth of Paul Thompson, drummer with Roxy Music |
| Birth Tikriti, Barzan Ibrahim El-Hasan al |  |
| 17th Feb Birth of Barzan Ibrahim El-Hasan al-Tikriti |
| Capital Abdullah I | |
| 24th April Amman Parliament ratifes Amman becoming capital of an enlarged Jordan |
| Capture of Chunshon Ridgway, Matthew | |
| 14th Mar Chunshon Recaptures Cunshon from the communists |
| Capture of Seoul Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| 1st Jan Seoul Chinese forces capture Seoul, the capitol of South Korea |
| Capture of Seoul MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 14th Mar Seoul Counter-attacking Allied forces retake Seoul |
| Capture of Seoul Ridgway, Matthew | |
| 14th Mar Seoul Recaptures Seoul from the communists |
| 14th Mar Seoul Seoul is recaptured by the Americans |
| Chancellor Butler, Richard Austen | |
| Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| Chief of Staff Pinochet, Augusto Jos‚ Ram¢n |  |
| Appointed Officer Chief of Staff |
| Church of Ulster Paisley, Ian | |
| Ulster Founds the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster |
| Commander Khan, Muhammad Ayub | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| Commander Stroessner, Alfredo |  |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces |
| Commander Ridgway, Matthew | |
| 11th April Appointed Commander of the UN forces in Korea |
| Composition Williams, Ralph Vaughan | |
| London 1st performance of, "The Pilgrim's Progress" |
| Composition King, Riley B "BB" | |
| Records his 7th single, "Three O'Clock Blues ," which becomes a national hit, no 1 in the Rhythm and Blues charts for 15 weeks |
| Constitution Adenauer, Konrad |  |
| 6th Dec Bonn Russia opposes free elections in Germany |
| 6th Dec Bonn The FDR & DDR agree to send reresentatives to the UN to discuss free elections |
| Constitution Arbenz Guzm n, Jacobo |  |
| Arbenz assumes the presidency after Guatemala's first-ever universal-suffrage election, marking the first peaceful transition of power in Guatemala's history |
| Constitution Malan, Daniel Francois |  |
| Separate Representation of Voters Act, apartheid legislation |
| Coup d'Etat Peron, Juan Domingo |  |
| Defeats an attempted military coup |
| Coup d'Etat Ballivian, Hugo |  |
| Leads a Coup preventing Estonsoro from taking power |
| Coup d'Etat Estenssoro, Victor Paz | |
| Forced to handover power to a 10 man military Junta |
| Crisis Ben-Gurion, David |  |
| 9th Oct Jerusalem Ends 8 months of ministerial crisis by forming a coalition government |
| Death Wittgenstein, Ludwig | |
| Cambridge Death of Ludwig Wittgenstein |
| Death Vargas, Getulio |  |
| Death of Getulio Vargas , commits suicide |
| Death Bevin, Ernest | |
| 14th April Death of Ernest Bevin |
| Death Gurney, Henry | |
| 6th Oct London Assassinated in Malaya by a Communist |
| Death Abdullah I | |
| 20th July Jerusalem Death of Abdullah I, assassinated |
| Death Khan, Liaquat Ali | |
| 16th Oct Assassinated by an Afghanfanatic, disorder follows |
| Death Liaquat, Ali Khan | |
| Death of Ali Khan Liaquat, assassinated |
| Death Chapaprieta, Joaquin |  |
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