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Frelimo emerges as a Marxist guerrilla group dedicated to winning independence for Mozambique
President de Gaulle makes a surprise appointment, selecting the little-known Georges Pompidou to be the French premier
The Rolling Stones, led by Mick Jagger, give their first performance as a group, in London's Marquee Club
A great tapestry by Graham Sutherland hangs above the altar in the newly consecrated Coventry cathedral
Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, setting poems by Wilfred Owen, is first performed in the rebuilt Coventry Cathedral
British author Doris Lessing publishes an influential feminist novel, The Golden Notebook
Ian Smith's white supremacist party, the Rhodesian Front, wins power in Rhodesia's election
A massive yes vote in a referendum is immediately followed by French recognition of Algerian independence
David Lean directs Peter O'Toole in the title role of the film Lawrence of Arabia
17-year-old English cellist Jacqueline du Pré creates a stir playing Elgar's concerto in the Royal Festival Hall
Khrushchev permits publication of Alexander Solzhenitsyn's first book, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, in the literary journal Novy Mir
The former British colony of Uganda becomes an independent republic, with Milton Obote as prime minister
The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican begins, 94 years after the start of the First Vatican Council under Pius IX
British author P.D. James's first novel, Cover Her Face, introduces her poet detective Adam Dalgleish
A deal between President Kennedy and Soviet premier Khrushchev defuses the Cuban missile crisis
Dmitry Shostakovich's Thirteenth Symphony sets poems from Yevtushenko's Babi Yar I
Anthony Burgess publishes A Clockwork Orange, a novel depicting a disturbing and violent near-future
British surgeon John Charnley pioneers the technique of joint replacement, giving a patient a new hip in a small hospital in Wrightington
French president Charles de Gaulle vetoes Britain's application to join the European Economic Community
John Profumo, secretary of state for war, tells the House of Commons there is no truth in rumours about a sexual relationship between himself and Christine Keeler
John Profumo resigns from- his cabinet position after admitting that he had lied to the House of Commons about his relationship with Christine Keeler
Harold Macmillan, in hospital for a prostate operation, resigns as UK prime minister
On Macmillan's advice to the Queen, Lord Home (rather than Rab Butler) succeeds him as prime minister
US poet Sylvia Plath commits suicide in London
English author John Le Carré publishes a Cold-War thriller The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
