The Thread of Random Internetz

June 29 - The Kanlaon Broadcasting System (KBS), the fourth TV station in the Philippines, is launched.

June 30 - Belgian Congo gains independence from Belgium; civil war follows.

less than 100 away.....

June 30 - Public demonstrations by democratic and left forces, against Italian government support of the post-fascist Italian Social Movement, are heavily suppressed by police.

July 1 - Ghana becomes a Republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President as Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom ceases to be the Head of state.

July 1 - A Soviet MiG fighter north of Murmansk in the Barents Sea shoots down a 6-man RB-47. Two United States Air Force officers survive and are imprisoned in Moscow's dreaded Lubyanka prison.

# July 1 - Italian Somailand Gains it's Independence from Italy, 5 days after the British Somailand

July 4 - Following the admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state the previous year, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

July 10 - The Soviet Union beats Yugoslavia 2-1 to win the first European Football Championship.

July 11 - Moise Tshombe declares the Congolese province of Katanga independent; he receives Belgian help.