Facts and Events That Happened in This Year
Tokyo Tower opened to the public.
Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, was launched into orbit.
The US SM-65 Atlas missile completed the first successful intercontinental ballistic missile launch.
Pan American Airways made the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.
The Smurfs were published for the first time in Spirou magazine in Belgium.
NASA launched its first space probe, Pioneer 1.
After 67 years of colonial rule, the Republic of Guinea gained independence from France.
Businessman Momofuku Ando marketed the first-ever pre-cooked instant noodles.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which became NASA.
Boston Red Sox player Ted Williams was fined $250 for spitting on fans.
The US Navy's Vanguard SLV-2 launch vehicle failed to reach Earth's orbit.
Queen Elizabeth II opened London Gatwick Airport.
The first satellite launched by the US, the Explorer 1, stopped transmitting data.
The USSR launched the Sputnik III.
An Australian man became the first to circumnavigate the world in an amphibious vehicle.
The United States and Canada formed NORAD – the North American Air Defense Command.
The noir psychological thriller film 'Vertigo,' directed by Alfred Hitchcock, was released.
Richard Nixon was harassed in Peru.
US Air Force Major Howard Johnson set the world aircraft altitude record in a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. He broke the world altitude record by flying to 91,243 feet.
Vice President Richard Nixon started a goodwill tour in South America to show that the US was committed to the region.
After 104 episodes, Adventures of Superman aired its final episode.
Sputnik 2 soviet spacecraft burned up, returning through Earth's atmosphere.
Elvis Presley enlisted in the US army.
Prince Philip of Edinburgh opened Britain's first planetarium at Madame Tussaud's in London.
NASA launched the Vanguard I satellite.
Gerald Holtom presented his peace symbol design to the British Direct Action Committee, who accepted it immediately.
A nuclear bomb was lost off the coast of Georgia, US.
The first American satellite, Explorer 1, was launched into space.
A patent was received for Ole Kirk Christiansen's LEGO plastic bricks.
Nine thousand scientists from 43 nations signed a petition to ban nuclear testing.
Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from orbit.
The European Economic Community (EEC) is founded.
