1953 - U.S. test pilot Chuck Yeager reaches Mach 2.3 (2.3 times the speed of sound) in a Bell X-1A rocket plane.
1963 - Kenya becomes independent within British Commonwealth and a republic a year later.
1969 - Greece, under fire on charges of violating human rights, withdraws from the Council of Europe before it can be expelled.
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