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Chinese
Chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers -
US Olympic
US Olympic Ice Hockey Team beats USSR 3-2 en route to gold medal -
President
President Sukarno disbands Indonesia's parliament -
Space
Ham is 1st primate in space (158 miles) aboard Mercury/Redstone 2 -
Sputnik
Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure -
Jfk
JFK sets up the Alliance for Progress -
Dutch Governor
Dutch governor Platteel installs New Guinea Council -
Navy
United States Navy SEALs established. -
American Airlines
American Airlines 707 plunges nose 1st into Jamaica Bay NY killing 95 -
Nuclear
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site -
France
France announces it will convert $150 million of its currency to gold -
Australia
Australia suspends champ swimmer Dawn Fraser for 10-yrs for -
South Africa
South Africa worker's union leader Henry Fazzie sentenced to 10 years -
dicimalised
Australian currency is decimalised, and decimal currency postage stamps introduced -
Vietnam War
US troops begin largest offensive of Vietnam War
