Disney's classic movie 'Lady and the Tramp' was released in theaters in the US.
More than 80 people die in the Le Mans car race disaster.
The popular board game Scrabble went on sale in the UK.
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.
Godzilla released.
Writer Ernest Miller Hemingway won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
ABC premiered Walt Disney's first TV show, 'Disneyland.'
The musical film 'A Star is Born' with Judy Garland as the leading actress premiered at Pantages Theatre in Hollywood.
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.
The Union of European Football Associations is founded.
Bill Haley releases 'Rock Around the Clock'.
British man, Roger Bannister, became the first athlete to run one mile in less than four minutes.
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 first color TV went on sale.
The first newspaper from a vending machine was bought in Columbia, Pennsylvania.
Willie Mosconi sets the world record for running most consecutive pool balls without a miss.
Elvis Presley recorded his first demo for 'It Wouldn't Be The Same Without You' and 'I'll Never Stand In Your Way.'
Winston Churchill was awarded the Nobel prize in Literature.
The first Chevrolet Corvette was manufactured in the US.
Elvis Presley graduated from L. C. Humes High School in Memphis, Tennessee, US.
Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize.
Space Patrol aired the first 3D television show.
Francis Crick & James Watson's discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA was formally announced.
The first-ever color 3D movie, 'House of Wax,' premiered in New York.
The Chevrolet Corvette sports car was presented for the first time at GM Motorama Auto Show in New York.
Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap" opens at London's West End.
The children's novel 'Charlotte's Web' was published by E. B. White.
The first television show about Superman, 'Adventures of Superman,' aired in the US.
'The Old Man and the Sea' by Ernest Hemingway was published in book form after first being published in Life Magazine on September 1.
Life magazine publishes parts of The Old Man and the Sea.
The comedy movie 'The Quiet Man' was released in the UK.
The jet age begins with the first scheduled flight of the De Havilland Comet 1.
Mr. Potato Head was officially released, originally only consisting of the accessories which were stuck in an actual potato.
Mr. Potato Head became the first toy advertised on TV.
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber successfully completed its first flight.
The musical 'Singing in The Rain,' directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, had its first theatrical run.
The world's first rock and roll concert is held in Cleveland, Ohio.
The high-end fashion label Givenchy was presented for the first time in Paris, with the first model being Bettina Graziani.
The first TV detector van, used to track down users of unlicensed television sets, begins operations in the UK.
The Today Show aired for the first time on NBC-TV with Dave Garroway and Jack Lescoulie as hosts.
The groundbreaking TV soap opera 'Sua Vida Me Pertence' premiered in Brazil.
North American Numbering Plan begins.
'I Love Lucy' airs for the first time.
The award-winning drama movie 'A Streetcar Named Desire' was released in the US.
Florence Chadwick became the first female to swim across the English Channel and back.
Japan Airlines (JAL) is founded.
