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| 1st 4 Minute Mile Bannister, Roger |  |
| 6th May 1st person to run the mile in under 4 minutes |
| 4 Minute Mile Bannister, Roger | |
| 6th May 1st person to run the mile in under 4 minutes |
| Accords of Geneva Dinh, Nguyen Quoc |  |
| 20th July Geneva Represents the SVN during the signing of the Geneva Accords |
| Accords of Geneva Dong, Pham Van | |
| 20th July Geneva Represents the DRV during the signing of the Geneva Accords |
| Alliance Menderes, Adnan |  |
| Istanbul Turkey & Pakistan sign a mutual defence treaty |
| Anvil Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| April Operation Anvil leads to the detention of over 16,000 Mau Mau suspects in Kenya |
| Apartheid Strijdom, Johennes Gerhardus |  |
| Heads a pro-apartheid government |
| Pretoria Africa Heads a pro-apartheid government |
| Armament Attlee, Clement Richard | |
| Gets the Parliamentary Labour Party to support German rearmament |
| Armament Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Agrees with the USA that Germany should be able to rearm |
| London Agrees with the USA that the Allies should allow Germany to rearm |
| Armament Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich |  |
| Russia sells a shipment of arms to Guatemala |
| Arrest Neurath, Constantin Freiher von |  |
| 1st Oct Spandau Released from Spandau prison |
| Arrest Gomulka, Wladyslaw |  |
| Gomulka is released from prison |
| Battle of Dien Bien Phu Navarre, Henri |  |
| 13th Mar Dien Bien Phu Launches an assault on the Communist stronghold of Dien Bien Phu |
| 30th Mar Dien Bien Phu The Communist assault on Dien Bien Phu begins |
| 7th May Dien Bien Phu The French garrison of Dien Bien Phu falls to the Vietminh |
| Battle of Dien Bien Phu Chi-Minh, Ho | |
| 7th May Dien Bien Phu The Viet Minh overwhelm the French garrison of Dien Bien Phu |
| 20th Nov Dien Bien Phu The French establish a garison in order to tempt the Viet Minh into battle |
| Battle of Dien Bien Phu Dung, Van Tien | |
| Dien Bien Phu Defeats the French & Japanese |
| Battle of Dien Bien Phu Giap, Vo Nguyen | |
| 13th Mar Buen Bien Phu Battle commences with a heavy Viet Minh bombardment |
| 14th Mar Buen Bien Phu The Viet Minh capture Beatrice |
| 16th Mar Buen Bien Phu The Viet Minh capture Gabrielle |
| 7th May Buen Bien Phu Takes possession of the French garrison the day before the peace talks in Geneva |
| Birth Merkel, Angela Dorothea | |
| 17th July Hamburg Birth of Angela Dorothea Merkel |
| Birth Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 30th Nov Celebrates his 80th birthday |
| 30th Nov Churchill says he can lead another election but Woolton, the Party Chairman, disagrees |
| 30th Nov Feels he can lead another election but Woolton, the Party Chairman, disagrees |
| Birth Kwasniewski, Aleksander | |
| Birth of Aleksander Kwasniewski |
| Birth Erdogan, Recep Tayyip | |
| Birth of Recep Tayyip Erdogan |
| Birth Rice, Condoleezza |  |
| 14th Nov Birmingham Birth of Condoleezza Rice, the only child of Presbyterian minister Reverend John Wesley Rice, Jr, name is derived from the Italian musical expression, Con dolcezza, which means "with sweetness" |
| Blockade of Tonkin Gulf Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| May Tonkin Gulf USAships are sent to patrol the Gulf on Tonkin |
| Capture of Beatrice Giap, Vo Nguyen | |
| 14th Mar Beatrice The Viet Minh capture Beatrice |
| Capture of Dienbienphu Chi-Minh, Ho | |
| May Dienbienphu Dienbienphu falls to the Viet Minh |
| Capture of Gabrielle Giap, Vo Nguyen | |
| 16th Mar Gabrielle The Viet Minh capture Gabrielle |
| Capture of Port Arthur Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| Port Arthur Russia withdraws from Port Arthur |
| Capture of Suez Canal Nasser, Gamal Abdel |  |
| 19th Oct Suez Canal Britain withdraws subject to the convention of 1888 that it remain open to shipping |
| CND Russell | |
| Helps Found the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament |
| Composition Haley, Bill | |
| "Rock Around the Clock", a breakthrough for rock and roll music, is included in the film Blackboard Jungle |
| Composition Phillips, Sam | |
| Memphis Elvis Presley records the regional hit "That's All Right (Mama)" at Sam Phillips ' Sun studios in Memphis , Elvis plays a rock and country & western fusion called rockabilly |
| Composition Presley, Elvis Aaron | |
| Memphis Elvis Presley records the regional hit "That's All Right (Mama)" at Sam Phillips ' Sun studios in Memphis , Elvis plays a rock and country & western fusion called rockabilly |
| Conductor Kleiber, Erich |  |
| Berlin Appointed Chief Conductor of the Berlin State Opera |
| Conference of Geneva En-Lai, Chou | |
| 27th July Geneva Present at the Geneva Conference which partitions Vietnam |
| Conference of Geneva Mendes-France, Pierre | |
| 27th May Geneva Elections will be held in Sth Vietnam supervised by France |
| 27th May Geneva Vietnam & France agree a ceasefire |
| Conference of Geneva Eden, Robert Anthony | |
| 27th July Geneva Serves with Molotov as joint Chairman of the Geneva Conference |
| Conference of Geneva Sihanouk |  |
| 27th July Geneva Sihanouk's Royal Government is granted international recognition |
| Conference of Geneva Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| 27th May Geneva Despite general agreement the "Final Declaration" is not signed |
| 27th May Geneva Ignores the "Final Declaration" |
| 27th May Geneva Ignores the "Final Declaration", pledges unity through UN supervised elections |
| 27th May Geneva Seeks unification through free elections supervised by the UN |
| 27th May Geneva The USAdoes not want to recognize Beijing & Hanoi |
| Conference of Geneva Chi-Minh, Ho | |
| 20th July Geneva Opening day of the Geneva Conference to discuss peace in Vietnam |
| 27th July Geneva A ceasefire with France is agreed |
| 27th July Geneva Agrees to temporarily divide Vietnam in half pending elections unite Vietnam |
| 27th July Geneva Despite general agreement the "Final Declaration" is not signed |
| 27th July Geneva French troops be withdraw from nth Vietnam & the Vietminh will withdraw from the sth |
| 27th July Geneva Sth Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia will become independent states protected by SEATO |
| 27th July Geneva Territory nth of the 17th Parallel will go to the Government of Ho Chi-Minh |
| 27th July Geneva The USAdoes not want to recognize Beijing & Hanoi |
| 27th July Geneva Vietnam is partitioned above latitude 17 degrees north |
| Conference of Geneva Diem, Ngo Dinh | |
| 27th May Geneva The Geneva Conference appoints Ngo Dinh Diem President of Vietnam |
| 27th May Geneva The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam at the 17th parallel |
| Constitution Malan, Daniel Francois | |
| Pretoria Africa Despite the creation of the High Court of Courts ruleapartheid is unconstitutional |
| Pretoria Africa The High Court of Parliament Courts ruleapartheid is unconstitutional |
| Coup d'Etat Arbenz Guzm n, Jacobo |  |
| Ousted in a Coup d'‚tat organized by the USACentral Intelligence Agency, known as Operation PBSUCCESS, and was replaced by a military junta, headed by Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas , plunging the country into chaos |
| Coup d'Etat Stroessner, Alfredo |  |
| 4th May Overthrows President Chaves during a military uprising |
| Coup d'Etat Hunt, Everette Howard | |
| Hunt helps devise Operation PBSUCCESS, the covert plan to overthrow Jacobo Arbenz, the elected president of Guatemala |
| Hunt helps plot the overthrow of the Guatemalan President Arbenz Guzman |
| Death Kleist, Paul Ludwig Ewald von | |
| 13th Nov Death of Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, in captivity in Vladimir Prison, the highest ranked German officer to die in Soviet captivity |
| Death Cooper, Alfred Duff | |
| 1st Jan Death of Alfred Duff Cooper |
| Death Greenwood, Arthur | |
| Death of Arthur Greenwood |
| Defense Europe Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Britain agrees to keep 4 Divs on the Continent & the French agree to German rearmament |
| Diplomacy Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| A mutual defense treaty between the USA and Taiwan is agreed |
| Diplomacy Elizabeth II | |
| 12th Jan Wellington Opens the NewZealand Parliament |
| 15th May Returns from the Commonwealth tour |
| July Visit of the King of Sweden |
| Oct Visit of Haile Selassie |
| Diplomacy Khan, Muhammad Ayub |  |
| Turkey & Pakistan sign a mutual defence treaty |
| Diplomacy Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich | |
| Khruschev agrees to withdraw Russian troops for Austrian neutrality |
| Russia sells a shipment of arms to Guatemala |
