Events in History
- Feb 8 Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issued an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name "Mountbatten-Windsor".
- Feb 13 France becomes the 4th nuclear nation by exploding the 70 kilo-ton "Gerboise Bleue" atomic bomb in the French Algerian Sahara desert [1]
- Feb 29 Agadir earthquake in Morocco kills a third of the population (12,000-15,000)
- Mar 25 1st guided missile launched from nuclear powered sub (Halibut)
- May 9 US becomes the first country to legalize the birth control pill
- May 10 US atomic submarine USS Triton completes 1st submerged circumnavigation of the globe
- Jun 23 1st contraceptive pill is made available for purchase in the U.S.
- Sep 14 Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi-Arabia and Venezuela form the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
- Dec 20 The National Liberation Front, better known as the Viet Cong, is officially formed in South Vietnam
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- May 6 English Princess Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones (later Lord Snowdon) at Westminster Abbey
- Jul 3 Vernon Presley (father of Elvis) weds Dee Alliot
- Dec 15 King Boudouin of Belgium marries dona Fabiola de Mora y Aragon
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Sir Archibald McIndoe was a New Zealand-born surgeon whose pioneering treatment of burns victims during the Second World War revolutionised plastic surgery.April 12How Britain Fell in Love with Lady Chatterley
After a sensational trial, the courts cleared the way for the controversial novel Lady Chatterley's Lover to go on sale in Britain, causing a stampede.November 10
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