Facts and Events That Happened in This Year
Dr. Joseph E. Murray performed the first human kidney transplant at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
A meteorite crashed through the roof of an Alabama home and hit a woman taking a nap.
British writer J. R. R. Tolkien, famous for writing The Lord of The Rings fantasy novels, published his second volume of the series, The Two Towers.
Writer Ernest Miller Hemingway won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
ABC premiered Walt Disney's first TV show, 'Disneyland.'
Hurricane Hazel hit the American East Coast and became the worst to hit North America.
The US Navy commissioned USS Nautilus, which became the world’s first nuclear submarine.
The musical film 'A Star is Born' with Judy Garland as the leading actress premiered at Pantages Theatre in Hollywood.
Hurricane Carol hit Connecticut and Rhode Island.
The first issue of Sports Illustrated magazine is published.
J. R. R. Tolkien published the original 'The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring' novel.
Gangster-drama movie 'On the Waterfront' hit US theaters.
Elvis Presley recorded his debut single, That's All Right.
British man, Roger Bannister, became the first athlete to run one mile in less than four minutes.
The first major mass trials of polio vaccines began.
Bell Labs demonstrated the first practical silicon solar cell in New Jersey, US.
Rock Around The Clock by Bill Haley and His Comets was recorded.
The US tested the TX-17 thermonuclear bomb for the first time in Bikini Atoll of the Marshall Islands.
The first color TV went on sale.
The first newspaper from a vending machine was bought in Columbia, Pennsylvania.
Polio vaccines were given to the first group of children in the US at Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The first official Church of Scientology opened in Los Angeles, California, USA.
President Eisenhower stepped in to warn the US not to intervene in Vietnam.
Over 50,000 people greeted Queen Elizabeth II as she opened New Zealand Parliament.
Elvis Presley recorded his first demo for 'It Wouldn't Be The Same Without You' and 'I'll Never Stand In Your Way.'
