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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1959, May 24 | |
| An Anglo-Russian trade agreement, to last five years, was signed in Moscow. | 1 |
| 1960, Nov. 1 | |
| Macmillan announced that Britain had agreed to allow the United States to use Holy Loch on the Firth of Clyde as a base for nuclear-powered and nuclear-armed submarines. | 2 |
| Nov. 4 | |
| Hugh Gaitskell retained his leadership of the Labour Party over an opposition that favored unilateral nuclear disarmament. | 3 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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