Vietnam is divided into North and South Vietnam at the 17th parallel by the Geneva Accord.

1 Aug.

Egypt ends its economic blockade of the Suez Canal Zone.

17 Aug.

Roman Catholic clergy are given the option to use English in administering the sacraments of baptism, matrimony, and extreme unction.

30 Aug.

The World Council of Churches calls for abolition of all mass destruction weapons and reduction of conventional arms as a step to ending war.

8 Sept.

The Manila Pact establishes the Southeast Treaty Organization (SEATO).

12 Sept.

The three hundredth anniversary of the first Jewish settlement in North America is celebrated.

14 Sept.

Benjamin Britten's opera Turn of the Screw, with libretto adapted from Henry James's work, is first performed.

22 Sept.

Terence Rattigan's plays Separate Tables and Table Number Seven open at London's Saint James's Theatre with Eric Portman.

27 Sept.

Mao Tse-tung is reelected chairman of the People's Republic of China.

1 Oct.

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