Politics and Government Stories
Elections, treaties, laws and the work of governments, one date at a time. Each story sticks to what is documented and lists its sources.
1964
1964 · Politics
Martin Luther King Jr. Is Announced as the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
October 14, 19641964
1964 · Politics
Nguyễn Khánh seizes power in South Vietnam
January 30, 19641963
1963 · Politics
Kenya Becomes Independent
December 12, 19631963
1963 · Politics
President Kennedy Is Assassinated in Dallas
November 22, 19631963
1963 · Politics
France and West Germany sign the Élysée Treaty
January 22, 19631962
1962 · Politics
Khrushchev Announces the Withdrawal of Missiles From Cuba
October 28, 19621962
1962 · Politics
Black Saturday: The Cuban Missile Crisis Reaches a Dangerous Day
October 27, 19621962
1962 · Politics
Kennedy Tells the Public About Missiles in Cuba
October 22, 1962
1962 · Politics
The Photographs That Revealed Soviet Missile Sites in Cuba
October 14, 19621962
1962 · Politics
Algeria marks independence from France
July 5, 19621962
1962 · Politics
Western Samoa becomes independent
January 1, 19621960
1960 · Politics