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| United States America Launches First Satellite Into Orbit America draws abreast of the USSR in space research, putting its first satellite the Explorer, into Orbit. And sending two rockets some 70,000 miles, the farthest yet attained- in attempts to reach the moon. United States The Nuclear Submarine 'Nautilus' Travels Under The North Pole The cruise of The Nautilus entered the saga of the sea. The nuclear sub went, submerged from Hawaii to Britain under the North Pole itself! United States Alaska Becomes The 49th State Of The Union A new State was admitted and Alaska celebrated its long awaited acceptance in the Union with jubilation reminiscent of sourdough days! South America Vice-President Richard Nixon And Mrs. Nixon Barely Escape Injury While Touring South America Vice-President Richard Nixon and Mrs. Nixon toured South America and barely escaped injury as the result of mob violence in an atmosphere feverish with anti-Americanism in Lima and Caracas. France General Charles De Gaulle Elected New Leader Of France The Man of the Year: General Charles De Gaulle who emerged from the shadows- at the hour of his country’s greatest crisis to become leader of the new Fifth Republic- swept to power by overwhelming popular vote. Belgium Brussels Fair Becomes A Cultural Battleground Between United States And Russia America won a triumph on the cultural front in the Cold War at the Brussels Fair, with a looming Soviet monolith. Russia had the initiative in the global power struggle. Egypt Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev Makes Overtures To Egypt Khrushchev’s overtures to Egyptian strong-man Gamal plus months of turmoil and crisis in the explosive Middle East. Iraq King Faisal Of Iraq Slain During Uprising Iraq’s King Faisal was slain during uprising. Lebanon Lebanon Government Appeals To United States For Help Rebellion-torn Lebanon appealed to America and U.S. Marines went to the rescue to bolster the government. Quemoy Islands China Launches Artillery Assault Again Nationalist China Outposts The Middle East crisis subsided as Red China launched a staggering artillery assault on Chiang’s offshore outposts on the Quemoy Islands. Nationalist China, backed by the mighty U.S. 7th Fleet, broke the blockade by barrage. Germany Soviets Demand That The City Of Berlin Completely Becomes Part Of East Germany At the year’s end pressure shifted to Berlin, as a Soviet ultimatum demanding that the Big 3 surrender the Free City to the Red rulers of the puppet State of East Germany. Vatican City A New Pope Is Elected To Assume The Papal Crown One of the world’s greatest proponents for Peace and Freedom- Pope Pius XII died in 1958. His successor Pope John XXIII, was crowned with all the pomp and ceremony of the Church’s millennia-old tradition, assuming the Papal Crown at a time of continuing crisis. |
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