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| Cold war developments included the agreement of the Western powers on the rearmament of West Germany and its admission to NATO, and the establishment by the United States of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO). | 1 |
| The second meeting of the assembly of the World Council of Churches was held in Evanston, Illinois. | 2 |
| Jonas E. Salk, developer of an antipoliomyelitis serum, begins inoculation program in Pennsylvania. | 3 |
| Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine, was launched by the United States. | 4 |
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| May |
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| Defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam brought an end to French rule in Indochina. The Geneva Agreements (July) defined the partition of Vietnam. | 5 |
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