Vice President Richard Nixon started a goodwill tour in South America to show that the US was committed to the region.
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The Treaty of San Francisco took effect.
Mohammed Daoud Khan, the President of Afghanistan, was assassinated in a coup.
Billy the Kid escaped from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
HBO's Game of Thrones aired the longest battle ever to be shown on screen.
Fascist Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was executed in a small village in Northern Italy.
