Boston Red Sox player Ted Williams was fined $250 for spitting on fans.
Coup in Iraq.
Lituya Bay megatsunami.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
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.
Truman Capote's book Breakfast at Tiffany's is published.
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.
Johnny Cash plays the first of many free concerts behind bars at San Quentin Prison, California, with Merle Haggard among the inmates in the audience.
The Soviet Union sent a dog into space aboard the spacecraft Sputnik II.
François Duvalier, also known as Papa Doc, became the President of Haiti.
Queen Elizabeth II personally opened the 23rd parliamentary session in Canada, the first and only time for her.
Sputnik 1 became Earth's first artificial satellite to go into orbit.
Thalidomide was launched in Germany, under the trade name Contergan.
Camp Nou, a stadium that seats over 99,000 opens its doors for football fans.
'On the Road' is hits the bookshelves for the first time.
Arkansas' Governor used the National Guard to prevent nine Black students from entering school.
The Federation of Malaya declares independence from the UK.
The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
US Marine Major John Glenn's 'Project Bullet' broke the transcontinental speed record.
First female parliamentarian in the Arab world is elected to office.
Dwight D. Eisenhower became the first president to fly in a helicopter.
John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time at a church dinner party.
Louis St. Laurent resigned as the prime minister of Canada.
Four Austrian climbers become the first to conquer Broad Peak.
Toronto's CHUM-AM (1050 kHz) became Canada's first radio station to broadcast only the top 40 Rock n' Roll music format.
An assassination attempt was made on Gangster Frank Costello.
The BBC broadcasts the spaghetti tree hoax.
6 countries found the European Economic Community.
The Suez Canal reopens after the Suez Crisis.
Ghana becomes the first African country to gain independence from colonial rule.
