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- From top to bottom, left to right: The Cuban Revolution culminates with Fidel Castro’s forces overthrowing Fulgencio Batista, reshaping Latin American politics; construction of the Ho Chi Minh Trail begins, providing North Vietnam a vital supply line during the Vietnam War and fueling the Laotian Civil War; The Day the Music Died occurs when a plane crash kills Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, shocking the music world; Miss Baker, a squirrel monkey, becomes one of the first animals to survive spaceflight, marking a milestone in space exploration; the Kitchen Debate between Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev highlights Cold War tensions; the 1959 Tibetan uprising erupts in Lhasa, leading to the Dalai Lama’s flight into exile; the Léopoldville riots mark violent unrest in the capital of the newly independent Congo; the Malpasset Dam collapse in France kills over 400 and causes massive destruction; and Typhoon Vera devastates Japan, causing widespread flooding and thousands of deaths. (en)
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