of the NSA) is established. The Kuomintang regime declares Taiwan under martial law, which lasts until 1987. May 22 – After two months in Bethesda Naval Hospital, James Forrestal commits suicide, under circumstances that seem suspicious to many. May 23 – The Federal Republic of Germany is established. May 31 – The first trial of Alger Hiss for perjury begins in New York City, with Whittaker Chambers as principal witness for the prosecution, but will end in a jury deadlock (8 for, 4 against). June June 5 – Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first Thai female member of Thailand's Parliament. June 6 – With the passage of the Bodh Gaya Temple Act by the Indian government, Mahabodhi Temple is restored to partial Buddhist control. June 7–25 – Dock workers strike in the United Kingdom. June 8 Second Red Scare in the United States: Celebrities including Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in a Federal Bureau of Investigation report, as Communist Party members. George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four is published in London. June 14 – Albert II, a rhesus monkey, becomes the first primate to enter space, on U.S. Hermes project V-2 rocket Blossom IVB, but is killed on impact at return. June 19 – Glenn Dunaway wins the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race at Charlotte Speedway, a 3/4 mile oval in Charlotte, North Carolina, but is disqualified due to illegal springs. Jim Roper is declared the official winner. June 24 – The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, airs on NBC in the United States. June 29 – Apartheid: The South African Citizenship Act suspends the granting of citizenship to Commonwealth of Nations immigrants after 5 years, and imposes a ban on mixed marriages. July July 1 – The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India is established. July 11 – Pamir is the last commercial sailing ship to round Cape Horn, under sail alone. July 15 – In an explosion at Prüm in Germany, the town is badly damaged and 12 people die. The explosion crater is one of the largest ever recorded. July 19 – The Kingdom of Laos is officially formed, but is not independent from the French Army. July 20 – Israel and Syria sign a truce to end their 19-month war. July 24 (St John's Day) – Eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on