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Denmark first becomes a constitutional monarchy.

The Profumo affair: The British Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, resigns in a sex scandal.

The Six-Day War between Israel and Egypt and Syria begins.

United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe. This becomes known as the Marshal Plan.