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26th of July Movement   Guevara, Ernesto "Che"    July   Guevara was to be the group's medic, Guevara participates in the military training alongside the other members of the 26J Movement, and at the end of the course, is singled out by their instructor, Col. Alberto Bayo, as the most outstanding pupil   8th July   Ra£l Castro introduces Guevara to the older Castro brother, Fidel, during a fervid overnight conversation, Guevara becomes convinced Fidel is the inspirational revolutionary leader for whom he had been searching    Abdication   Sihanouk    Sihanoukville   Abdicates as King    Accords of Geneva   Diem, Ngo Dinh   16th July Geneva   Rejects the Geneva accords & the elections, a decision backed up by the USA    Alliance   Kai-Shek, Chiang   28th Jan   The USA adopts the policy of supporting Chiang Kai-shek's regime in Taiwan   29th May   The USA sends Admiral Radford to Taiwan to state it will only protect mainland Taiwan    Alliance   Menderes, Adnan   24th Feb Istanbul   Signs a treaty of with Iraq to counter Russian expansionism in the Middle East    Alliance   Eisenhower, Dwight David   28th Jan   Obtains authority from the House of Representitives & Congress to support Taiwan   28th Jan   The USA adopts the policy of supporting Chiang Kai-shek's regime in Taiwan   29th May   The USA sends Admiral Radford to Taiwan to state it will only protect mainland Taiwan    Alliance   Chi-Minh, Ho   7th July   China promises to give Nth Vietnam $338m in economy aid    Alliance   Diem, Ngo Dinh   20th May Hanoi   France agrees to deploy troops against the Vietminh    Ambassador   Brosio, Manilo    Washington   Appointed Ambassador to USA    Angolan Communist Party   Andrade, Joaquim      M rio Pinto de Andrade and his brother Joaquim form the Angolan Communist Party    Angolan Communist Party   Andrade, M rio Pinto de      M rio Pinto de Andrade and his brother Joaquim form the Angolan Communist Party    Armament   Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich      Russia provides major military support to Egypt    Arrest   Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro    May   Castro is released due to a general amnesty from Batista    Arrest   Parks, Rosa   1st Dec   Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to comply with the Jim Crow laws that required her to give up her seat to a white man   1st Dec   The Montgomery Bus Boycott, urged and planned by ED Nixon (head of the Montgomery NAACP chapter and a member of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters) and led by Martin Luther King follows Rosa Parks' arrest    Arrest   Kuanda, Kenneth David      Kaunda and Nkumbula are imprisoned for two months (with hard labour) for distributing "subversive" literature    Austrian State Treaty   Kreisky, Bruno      Kreisky takes part in negotiating the Austrian State Treaty, which ends the four-power occupation of Austria and restores Austria's independence and neutrality    Austrian State Treaty   Raab, Julius   15th May   Raab takes part in negotiating the Austrian State Treaty, which ends the four-power occupation of Austria and restores Austria's independence and neutrality   15th May   Russia, Britain, France & the USA sign a treaty restoring Austrian independence    Birth   Berners-Lee, Tim   8th June London   Birth of Tim Berners-Lee    Birth   Devoto, Howard    Manchester   Birth of Howard Devoto was born Howard Trotter    Birth   Jones, Michael Geoffrey "Mick"   26th June London   Birth of Michael Geoffrey "Mick" Jones, Brixton    Birth   Ovett, Stephen Michael James "Steve"   9th Oct Brighton   Birth of Stephen Michael James "Steve" Ovett    Birth   Rattle, Simon   18th Jan   Birth of Simon Rattle    Birth   Berbick, Trevor      Birth of Trevor Berbick    Black Sash   Folety, Ruth    May   Helps found the Black Sash, to protest against the proposed Senate Act    Bombing of Plaza de Mayo   Peron, Juan Domingo   15th June Plaza de Mayo   Airplanes bomb the Plaza de Mayo, wounding or killing hundreds of civilians    Bombing of Tachen Islands   Kai-Shek, Chiang   17th Jan Tachan Islands   Chinese Communists bomb the Nationalists west of Taiwan    Budget   Butler, Richard Austen    London   Reduces taxation prior to the general election    Budget   Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer   1st Mar London   Churchill's budget includes expenditure on the hydrogen bomb    Burial   Peron, Eva      After the Revoluci¢n Libertadora Per¢n and his followers are accused of treason, and Eva Per¢n's remains are moved to an undisclosed location    Capture   Kai-Shek, Chiang   18th Jan Yikiang   Chinese Communists capture the island of Yikiang from the Nationalists    Capture   Diem, Ngo Dinh   2nd May Saigon   Supporters of Prime Minister drive the Binh Xuyen rebels out of the capital    CBE   Guinness, Alec      Appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)    Chancellor   MacMillan, Maurice Harold    London   Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer    Charter Freedom   Strijdom, Johennes Gerhardus   26th June   Freedom Charter signed in South-Africa    Chief of Staff   Lon, Mol      Appointed Chief-of-Staff    Chief of Staff   Nol, Lon      Appointed Chief-of-Staff    Chief Whip   Heath, Edward Richard G