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  1. Mikhail Gorbachev

    Graduation

    Jun, 1955Moscow, Russia

    In June 1955, Gorbachev graduated school of law (Moscow State University) with a distinction his final paper had been on the advantages of "socialist democracy" (the Soviet political system) over "bourgeois democracy" (liberal democracy).

  2. Bay of Pigs Invasion

    26th of July Movement

    Sunday Jun 12, 1955Cuba

    The best known of these anti-Batista groups was the "26th of July Movement" (MR-26-7), founded by a lawyer named Fidel Castro. With Castro as the MR-26-7's head, the organization was based upon a clandestine cell system, with each cell containing ten members, none of whom knew the whereabouts or activities of the other cells.

  3. Martin Luther King

    Doctoral Studies

    Sunday Jun 19, 1955Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

    King began doctoral studies in systematic theology at Boston University and received his Ph.D. degree on June 5, 1955

  4. Mikhail Gorbachev

    Graduation

    Jun, 1955Moscow, Russia

    In June 1955, Gorbachev graduated school of law (Moscow State University) with a distinction his final paper had been on the advantages of "socialist democracy" (the Soviet political system) over "bourgeois democracy" (liberal democracy).

  5. Bay of Pigs Invasion

    26th of July Movement

    Sunday Jun 12, 1955Cuba

    The best known of these anti-Batista groups was the "26th of July Movement" (MR-26-7), founded by a lawyer named Fidel Castro. With Castro as the MR-26-7's head, the organization was based upon a clandestine cell system, with each cell containing ten members, none of whom knew the whereabouts or activities of the other cells.

  6. Martin Luther King

    Doctoral Studies

    Sunday Jun 19, 1955Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

    King began doctoral studies in systematic theology at Boston University and received his Ph.D. degree on June 5, 1955