Scott Carpenter orbited the Earth three times in the US Aurora 7.
Twelve doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston performed the first successful reattachment of a human limb – it was the severed arm of a boy.
A massive landslide kills 4,000 in Peru.
Enos, the chimpanzee, was launched into space on the Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission.
US President John F. Kennedy addressed Congress and promised to put a man on the moon within a decade.
A chimpanzee named Ham became the first primate to go to space aboard the US MR-2 spacecraft.
The first Domino's Pizza opened in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
A chimpanzee was observed for the first time making and using tools.
The FDA approved the first oral contraceptive pill called Enovid.
The most violent earthquake in recorded history hits Chile.
The US Air Force launched the Discoverer 1 reconnaissance satellite.
A three-day-long 'dense smog' rolled through London.
Luna 1 is launched.
Businessman Momofuku Ando marketed the first-ever pre-cooked instant noodles.
Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from orbit.
Sputnik 1 became Earth's first artificial satellite to go into orbit.
The first gorilla born in captivity, called Colo, was born at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.
Dr. Albert Sabin announced his oral vaccine against polio was ready to test.
Genius Albert Einstein died due to heart failure at age 76.
Jonas Salk's Polio vaccine tested by Jonas Salk was given final approval by the US Food and Drug Administration.
Dr. Joseph E. Murray performed the first human kidney transplant at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
Hurricane Hazel hit the American East Coast and became the worst to hit North America.
Hurricane Carol hit Connecticut and Rhode Island.
The first major mass trials of polio vaccines began.
Polio vaccines were given to the first group of children in the US at Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Conjoined twins were successfully separated for the first time.
The twisted ladder structure of DNA was discovered.
KFC opened its first franchise in Salt Lake City, Utah, US.
The world record for rainfall dumped 6.1 feet (1.87m) of rain on Cilaos, Island of Réunion.
A 12-inch-deep hailstorm in Kansas became one of the US' most expensive hailstorms.
The European Union expanded the 1951 Stresa Convention.
A human organ is surgically reconstructed for the first time.
The US launched the first monkey into space aboard a V2 sounding rocket.
Los Angeles was covered in snow for the first time in recorded history.
The United Nations formed the World Health Organization (WHO).
Cleveland, Ohio, recorded its coldest March temperature at a bone-chilling -5°F.
The temperature plunged to -81.4°F in Snag, Yukon, Canada, making it the coldest recorded temperature in North America.
A V-2 rocket captured the first photograph of Earth from outer space.
Mike the Headless Chicken lost his head.
The Great Atlantic hurricane formed and wreaked havoc for a whole week.
Researchers at Rutgers University in New Jersey, US, isolated Streptomycin, which became the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis (TB).
Winston Churchill fell ill with pneumonia.
World record for fastest temperature change.
General Mills introduced Cheerios.
The first Dairy Queen restaurant opened in Joliet, Illinois, US.
The first panda arrived in the US from China.
West Virginia had its hottest day on record at a sweltering 112°F (44°C).
Colorado became the birthplace of the cheeseburger.
Idaho's hottest day was recorded at a scorching 118°F (48°C).
A record low temperature was recorded and reached a bone-chilling -15°F in Central Park, New York City.
