- January 18
- German Democratic Republic forms own army (National People's Army). [1]
- January 22
- 30 die in a train crash in Los Angeles, California, USA. [1]
- January 26
- Porkkala military base returned to Finland by USSR. [1]
- January 31
- French government of Mollet forms. [1]
- Juscelino Kubitschek becomes President of Brazil. [1]
- February 1
- Hague Daily Newspaper reveals war crimes of Hague mayor Schokking. [1]
- February 6
- French premier Guy Mollet pelted with tomatoes in Algiers. [1]
- February 8
- Mine disaster in Quaregnon, Belgium; eight die. [1]
- February 9
- R Lacoste follows Catroux as premier of Algeria. [1]
- February 14
- 20th Congress of CPSU opens in Moscow. [1]
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- Indonesia withdraws from Netherlands Indonesian Union. [1]
- February 15
- Urho Kekkonen is appointed President of Finland. [1]
- February 16
- Great Britain abolishes the death penalty. [1]
- February 25
- Russian party leader Nikita Khrushchev denounces Josef Stalin at 20th Soviet Party Conference. [1]
- February 27
- Female suffrage in Egypt. [1]
- February 28
- Thirteen die in a train crash in Swampscott, Massachusetts, USA. [1]
- Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory. [1]
- February 29
- Islamic Republic established in Pakistan. [1]
- March 2
- Morocco tears up the Treaty of Féz, declares independence from France. [1]
- March 3
- Indonesian government of Harahap resigns. [1]
- Morocco gains independence from France. [1]
- March 9
- Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus arrested and exiled to Seychelles. [1]
- March 10
- General strike in Cyprus protesting exile of archbishop Makarios. [1]
- March 15
- My Fair Lady opens at Mark Hellinger Theater in New York City for 2,715 performances. [1]
- March 20
- E Ochab succeeds Beirut as first Secretary of Polish CP. [1]
- Mount Bezymianny on Kamchatka Peninsula (USSR) explodes. [1]
- Tunisia gains independence from France. [1]
- USSR performs nuclear test. [1]
- March 22
- Death penalty against Prime Minister-director Léon Jungschlaeger. [1]
- March 23
- Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in the British Commonwealth. [278.1] [700.47A]
- Sudan gains independence. [1]
- March 27
- French commandos land in Algeria. [1]
- March 30
- USSR performs nuclear test. [1]
- April 1
- Violent clashes in Algeria, at least 380 killed. [1]
- April 3
- German war criminals Hinrichsen/Rühl/Siebens/Viebahn are freed. [1]
- Bulgarian vice-premier Traitsjo Kostov is executed. [1]
- April 6
- Polish communist Gomulka freed from prison. [1]
- April 7
- Spain relinquishes her protectorate in Morocco. [1]
- April 8
- M Bandaranaike's People's Front wins election in Ceylon. [1]
- April 10
- Philips broadcasts first Dutch color TV programs. [1]
- April 11
- French government decides to send 200,000 reservists to Algeria. [1]
- April 12
- Bandaranaike government forms in Ceylon. [1]
- April 13
- At the NARTB convention in Chicago, Illinois, Ampex Corporation of Redwood City, California, demonstrates the first commercial magnetic tape recorder for sound and picture. Price of a machine: $75,000. [1] [5] [457]
- April 16
- First solar powered radios go on sale. [1] [457]
- April 17
- Bulgaria premier Tchervenkov resigns. [1]
- Premium Savings Bonds are introduced in Great Britain. [1]
- USSR's Cominform (Parliament) dissolves. [1]
- April 18
- Egypt and Israel agree to a cease fire. [1]
- April 19
- US actress Grace Kelly marries Monaco's Prince Rainier III (civil ceremony). [1]
- April 27
- Burma Premier U Nu's Volksliga voor Vrijheid loses election. [1]
- April 28
- Last French troops leave Vietnam. [1]
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