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01 - Sudan becomes an independent Republic

03 - USSR gives technical aid to China

31 - Sex Pistol John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) born

11 - Maltese referendum favors integration with Britain

12 - Missing British diplomats Burgess and Maclean appear in Moscow and make a statement

14 - Nikita Khrushchev denounces the policies of Stalin at the Communist Party Conference

16 - British parliament votes to abolish the death penalty

29 - Pakistan is declared an Islamic Republic

09 - In Cyprus, Britain deports Archbishop Makarios to the Seychelles

18 - Khrushchev tells 20th Party Congress of Stalin's crimes

20 - France recognizes the independence of Tunisia

23 - Sudan becomes an independent republic

18 - Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco

18 - Bulganin and Khrushchev visit Britain

03 - A new range of mountains is discovered in Antarctica with two peaks of over 13,000 feet

14 - USSR complains about US aircraft overflying their territory

01 - Shepilov succeeds Molotov as Soviet Foreign Minister

02 - In Britain, 3rd class is abolished on trains and re-named 2nd class

06 - Swedish tennis player Bjorn Borg is born

13 - The last British troops leave the Suez Canal zone and hand control over to Egypt

23 - Colonel Nasser is elected president of Egypt

28 - Tanks are called out during riots in Poznan, Poland. 38 people die and 270 are wounded

09 - Bill Haley & The Comets are banned by the Jersey City authorities from playing the "Rock & Roll Under The Stars" concert at Jersey's Roosevelt Stadium

26 - The Egyptian government seizes the Suez Canal in direct breach of a 1954 agreement

26 - The 29,083-tonne Italian liner Andrea Doria sinks after colliding with the 11,644-tonne Swedish liner Stockholm

11 - US artist Jackson Pollock dies

14 - German playwright Bertholt Brecht dies

22 - John Harding, Governor of Cyprus, offers surrender terms to EOKA, but they are refused

10 - Nasser rejects proposals for Suez Canal

23 - Britain and France go to UN Security Council about Suez

17 - First large scale nuclear power station opens at Calder Hall, Cumberland, England

23 - Hungarian students and workers begin pro-democracy demonstrations demanding the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Hungary

24 - Demonstrations in Hungary escalate into civil war and the government declare martial law. Soviet tanks surround Budapest and reinforcements begin massing near the border

25 - Hungarian security forces open fire on demonstrators in front of the Hungarian parliament building, killing some 600 people. Soviet tanks and troops enter the city

27 - Hungarian Prime Minister Imre Nagy forms a new government, promising democratic reforms and Soviet withdrawal

28 - Nagy orders a cease-fire and restores calm in Hungary

29 - Soviet troops leave Budapest

29 - Israel makes a pre-emptive strike in Sinai

31 - Britain and France bombard the Suez Canal zone ahead of an invasion in early November

01 - Soviet reinforcements cross the border into Hungary and begin moving towards Budapest. Prime Minister Imre Nagy announces Hungary's withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact, declaring the country independent and neutral

02 - Hungarian PM Nagy appeals to the United Nations for assistance

04 - In the USA, the USSR vetoes a UN resolution calling for it to withdraw from Hungary.

04 - The Soviet army re-enters Budapest and completely crushes the uprising

06 - Eisenhower is re-elected as president of the USA

07 - Britain and France cease fire in Egypt

13 - Racial segregation on buses is declared unconstitutional by US Supreme Court

22 - XVIth Olympic Games open in Melbourne, Australia