rights groups claim 240 dead. October 18 – West Side Story is released as a film in the United States. October 19 – The Arab League takes over protecting Kuwait; the last British troops leave. October 25 – The first edition of Private Eye, the British satirical magazine, is published. October 26 – Cemal Gürsel becomes the fourth president of Turkey (his former title is head of state and government; he is elected as president by constitutional referendum). October 27 An armistice begins in Katanga, Congo. Mongolia and Mauritania join the United Nations. Confrontation at Checkpoint Charlie: A standoff between Soviet and American tanks in Berlin, Germany heightens Cold War tensions. Fahrettin Özdilek becomes the acting prime minister of Turkey. October 29 DZBB-TV Channel 7, the Philippines' third TV station, is launched. Devrim, the first ever car designed and produced in Turkey, is released. The project has been completed in only 130 days almost from scratch, a period including decision on the project, research, design, development and production of four vehicles. October 30 Nuclear weapons testing: The Soviet Union detonates a 58-megaton yield hydrogen bomb known as Tsar Bomba, over Novaya Zemlya (it remains the largest ever man-made explosion). The Note Crisis: The Soviet Union issues a diplomatic note to Finland, proposing military co-operation. October 31 Hurricane Hattie devastates Belize City, Belize killing over 270. After the hurricane, the capital moves to the inland city of Belmopan. Joseph Stalin's body is removed from the Lenin Mausoleum. November November 1 The Hungry generation Movement is launched in Calcutta, India. The Interstate Commerce Commission's federal order banning segregation at all interstate public facilities officially comes into effect. November 2 – Kean opens at Broadway Theater in New York City for 92 performances. November 3 – The United Nations General Assembly unanimously elects Burmese diplomat U Thant to the position of acting Secretary-General. November 6 – The US government issues a stamp honoring the 100th birthday of James Naismith. November 8 Imperial Airlines Flight 201/8 crashes while attempting to land at Richmond, Virginia, killing 77 people on board. KVN, Russia's longest running TV show, airs for the first time on Soviet television. November 9 – Robert White records a world air speed record of , in an X-15. November 10 – Catch-22 by Joseph Heller is first published, in the US. November 11 Congolese soldiers murder 13 Italian United Nations pilots. Stalingrad is