Federico Fellini's film La Strada, starring Anthony Quinn, premieres in New York.

4 Aug.

The World Council of Churches central committee approves efforts to bring the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox church into the organization.

30 Aug.

Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser declares the Suez Canal not an international waterway.

15 Sept.

An Aeroflot Tupolev-104 airliner takes off from Moscow, making the first scheduled passenger flight from Moscow to Irkutsk.

14 Oct.

Two hundred fifty thousand untouchables convert to Buddhism in India in what is believed to be the largest mass conversion in history.

17 Oct.

England's Calder Hall is the first full-scale commercial nuclear power plant. It produces ninety thousand kilowatts of power and plutonium for nuclear weapons.

23 Oct.

The Hungarian uprising against the Soviet Union begins.

1 Nov.

Hungary leaves the Warsaw Pact.

4 Nov.

Soviets forces attack Hungary.

4 Nov.

Hungarian Communist party first secretary Janos Kadar replaces Imre Nagy as premier after...