1946 – The British Government invites four
Indian leaders, Nehru, Baldev Singh, Jinnah and
Liaquat Ali Khan to obtain the
participation of all parties in the Constituent Assembly.
1961 – In a nationally
broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel
Castro declares that he is a Marxist-Leninist and that
Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
1962 – Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of US President John F. Kennedy, US Senate Majority Leader
Mike Mansfield becomes the first
American official not to make an optimistic public comment on the
war's progress.