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Events relating to communism
Confronted by a popular uprising, Communist leaders in Hungary bring back the reformist prime minister Imre Nagy
Russian and Warsaw Pact troops invade Hungary to end the uprising and arrest Imre Nagy
The Kremlin imposes János Kádár on Hungary as head of a new government
Communist activist Fidel Castro returns from Mexico to Cuba to organize guerrilla warfare against the Batista regime
Nikita Khrushchev's position in the Soviet Communist party is secure after the failure of a plot to remove him
The new hard-line Hungarian government headed by János Kádár tries and executes Imre Nagy
Dictator Fulgencio Batista flees from Cuba, leaving Havana open to Fidel Castro and his victorious guerrillas
Fidel Castro begins more than four decades of authoritarian rule in Cuba
Vice-president Richard Nixon engages in a 'kitchen debate' with Soviet leader Nikita Khruschev at a US exhibition in Moscow
The Vietcong, or NLF, is formed as a guerrilla force to liberate South Vietnam from the US-backed government
The East German government erects the Berlin Wall to prevent an exodus of its citizens
Frelimo emerges as a Marxist guerrilla group dedicated to winning independence for Mozambique
US intelligence reveals nuclear missile bases under construction in Cuba, causing an international crisis
President Kennedy sends the US navy to prevent delivery of Soviet missiles to Cuba
A deal between President Kennedy and Soviet premier Khrushchev defuses the Cuban missile crisis
British diplomat Kim Philby defects to the USSR and is discovered to have been a Soviet spy
Saloth Sar, changing his name to Pol Pot, begins to build up the Cambodian Communist party and Khmer Rouge
Nikita Khrushchev is forced from office as Soviet leader by a conservative faction that includes Leonid Brezhnev
The USSR enters a brief period of coalition leadership by Alexei Kosygin as prime minister and Leonid Brezhnev as Party First Secretary
The Soviet spacecraft Luna 10 orbits the moon and broadcasts the Internationale to the 23rd Congress of the Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev, taking the title General Secretary (last used by Stalin), makes it plain that he is the Soviet leader
Communist leaders Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping are attacked in China's Cultural Revolution as the biggest and worst 'capitalist roaders'
Che Guevara arrives in Bolivia in the hope of fomenting a left-wing revolution
Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara is captured and executed in Bolivia
Nicolae Ceauşescu becomes president of the State Council of Romania
