Charles de Gaulle is cited "Man of the Year" |
Mao Tsetung retires as chairman of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee.
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Pope Pius XII, 82, the 262nd pope, dies on October 9 after suffering 2 strokes.
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President Eisenhower offers to halt U.S. nuclear testing for one year on condition that U.S.S.R. refrain from further testing and agree to open negotiations for an international nuclear test control system.
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The European Economic Community EEC is created as provided by the 1957 Treaty of Rome.
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A Dutch KLM crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off Ireland; 99 people die.
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