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Moise Tshombe's rebel regime in Katanga crumbles, and he flees to Spain
English author John Le Carré publishes a Cold-War thriller The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
British choreographer Frederick Ashton creates Marguerite and Armand for Margot Fonteyn and her new partner, Rudolf Nureyev
Gideon v. Wainwright establishes that every defendant in a US court has the right to be represented by a lawyer
Mary McCarthy's novel The Group follows the subsequent adventures of eight fellow graduates from Vassar
A scandal involving the minister of war, John Profumo, damages the Macmillan government in Britain
Liberal leader Lester Pearson begins five years at the head of minority governments in Canada
US environmentist Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring, an impassioned warning of ecological disaster
Pope John XXIII dies, only a few month's after the start of the great Vatican council that he has summoned
Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space, flying solo in Vostok 6
Young British architects Norman Foster and Richard Rogers work together as Team 4
The OAU (Organization of African Unity) is founded in Addis Ababa to give Africa a united voice in world affairs
US author and illustrator Maurice Sendak publishes a fantasy for young children, Where the Wild Things Are
Italian cardinal Giovanni Montini is elected pope and takes the name Paul VI
British diplomat Kim Philby defects to the USSR and is discovered to have been a Soviet spy
Ayatollah Khomeini is arrested in Qom, and imprisoned for eight months in Tehran, after instigating riots against the Shah
President Kennedy, in divided Berlin, makes the dramatic declaration: Ich bin ein Berliner ('I am a Berliner')
Terence O'Neill succeeds Basil Brooke (Lord Brookeborough) as Northern Ireland's prime minister
Saloth Sar, changing his name to Pol Pot, begins to build up the Cambodian Communist party and Khmer Rouge
English author Margaret Drabble publishes her first novel, A Summer Birdcage
The Partial Test Ban Treaty, signed by the USA, USSR and UK, is the first of many international attempts to limit the threat of nuclear war
Robert Mugabe and Ndabaningi Sithole split from ZAPU to found ZANU, the Zimbabwe African National Union
In The Feminine Mystique US feminist Betty Friedan challenges the stereotypical view of woman's role
Ninette de Valois, founder of the Royal Ballet, retires after building the company to international stature
Bob Marley and five others form a band, the Wailers, that will for the first time give Jamaican music a global following
