In 1957, Mao Zedong admits to 800,000 executions during the period from 1949 to 1954.

Opponents claim much higher numbers.

Marine Lee Harvey Oswald is assigned to the high-security US base at Atsugi, Japan, one of the largest CIA stations in the world, where the ultra-secret U-2 spy planes are launched; in 1957, he shoots himself in elbow.