Amnesty International. May 30 – Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, ruler of the Dominican Republic since 1930, is killed in an ambush. May 31 In France, rebel generals Maurice Challe and Andre Zelelr are sentenced to 15 years in prison. South Africa becomes a republic, and officially leaves the Commonwealth of Nations. President John F. Kennedy and Charles de Gaulle meet in Paris. Benfica beats Barcelona 3–2 at Wankdorf Stadium, Bern and wins the 1960–61 European Cup (football). June June 1 – Ethiopia experiences its most devastating earthquake of the 20th century, with a magnitude of 6.7. The town of Majete is destroyed, 45% of the houses in Karakore collapse, of the main road north of Karakore are damaged by landslides and fissures, and 5,000 inhabitants in the area are left homeless. June 4 – Vienna summit: John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev meet during two days in Vienna. They discuss nuclear tests, disarmament and Germany. June 16 – Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev requests asylum in France, while in Paris with the Kirov Ballet. June 17 A Paris-to-Strasbourg train derails near Vitry-le-François; 24 are killed, 109 injured. The New Democratic Party of Canada is founded, with the merger of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the Canadian Labour Congress. June 19 – The British protectorate ends in Kuwait and it becomes an emirate. June 22 – Moise Tshombe is released for lack of evidence of his connection to the murder of Patrice Lumumba. June 23 – The Antarctic Treaty comes into effect. June 25 – Iraqi president Abd al-Karim Qasim announces his intention to annex newly independent Kuwait (such an annexation will occur in 1990). June 27 – Kuwait requests British help against the Iraqi threat; the United Kingdom sends in troops. July July 4 – Soviet submarine K-19 suffers a reactor leak in the North Atlantic. July 5 – The first Israeli rocket, Shavit 2, is launched. July 8 – A mine explosion in Czechoslovakia leaves 108 dead. July 12 A Czechoslovakian Ilyushin Il-18 crashes while attempting to land at Casablanca, Morocco, killing all 72 people on board. Two dams that supplied water to the City of Pune, India burst, causing death of more than 1000 residents. July 17 – Baseball legend Ty Cobb dies at the age of 74, at Emory University Hospital. July 21 – Mercury program: Virgil I. Grissom, piloting the Mercury-Redstone 4 spacecraft Liberty Bell 7,