NASA launched the Mariner 4 space probe on a mission to Mars.
The first Boeing 727 planes were delivered to airlines.
The US SM-65 Atlas missile completed the first successful intercontinental ballistic missile launch.
Explorer Richard E. Byrd became the first person to fly over the South Pole.
British archaeologists entered the tomb of King Tutankhamun.
Irish Republican Army (IRA) ambushed British soldiers near Kilmichael in County Cork.
Lady Nancy Astor became the first woman to become a member of the British House of Commons.
The Marianna Coal Mine in Pennsylvania exploded and killed 154 men.
