The first Boeing 737 takes off on its maiden flight.
President Lyndon B signed the National Traffic and Motor Safety Act, which set new standards for vehicles and drivers.
Sheila Scott became the first woman to fly solo around the world.
Verrazano Narrows Bridge opens in NYC.
Ford Mustang went on sale for the first time.
Evergreen Bridge opens for traffic for the first time.
Country music stars Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, and Hawkshaw Hawkins all perished in an airplane crash.
The first Boeing 727 planes were delivered to airlines.
Neil Armstrong flew the X-15 craft to an altitude of 34 miles (54.6 km).
New York City modernized its subway by starting its first unmanned trains.
Boeing CH-47 Chinook takes flight for the first time.
Sabena Flight 458 crashed, killing the entire US Figure Skating team.
A B-52 bomber carrying two nuclear bombs broke up mid-air over North Carolina.
The 'Trieste' dives to a record depth of 10,911 metres (35,797 ft).
The Disneyland Monorail System opened to the public in Anaheim, California.
Christopher Cockerell first presents the hovercraft.
Rock and roll musician Buddy Holly died during a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
Pan American Airways made the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.
Queen Elizabeth II opened London Gatwick Airport.
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.
US Marine Major John Glenn's 'Project Bullet' broke the transcontinental speed record.
Dwight D. Eisenhower became the first president to fly in a helicopter.
Scandinavian Airlines System created the first route from Europe to the Far East, flying directly over the North Pole.
Pete Everest became the fastest man in the world.
A bomb hidden in checked luggage of United Airlines Flight 629 exploded over Longmont, Colorado killing all 44 people on board.
Hollywood actor James Dean died aged 24.
Illinois became the first US state to make it compulsory by law to wear a seatbelt.
The first Chevrolet Corvette was manufactured in the US.
The Chevrolet Corvette sports car was presented for the first time at GM Motorama Auto Show in New York.
The jet age begins with the first scheduled flight of the De Havilland Comet 1.
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber successfully completed its first flight.
Japan Airlines (JAL) is founded.
Ferrari secured its first Grand Prix victory at the 1951 British Grand Prix.
The Talyllyn Railway in Wales became the first railway line in the world to be run solely by volunteers.
Volkswagen's iconic Type 2 Kombi first began production.
The first British-made jet bomber, the English Electric Canberra, made its first test flight.
Honda Motor Company is founded by Soichiro Honda.
The Boeing B-47 Stratojet Strategic bomber plane made its first flight.
US Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager became the first-ever person to break the speed of sound, flying the Bell X-1 at 662 miles per hour.
Rosewell UFO sighting.
Swedish company Saab, previously known for making aircraft, produced their first automobile.
Car engineer Henry Ford died at the age of 83.
Cathay Pacific Airways, Hong Kong's flagship airline, was founded.
The first commercial helicopter, Sikorsky S51, had its first test flight.
US bomber plane crashed into the Empire State Building in New York City, and Lou Oliver survived a 75-story drop in an elevator.
Shareholders of The Swallow Sidecar Company agreed to change its company name to Jaguar Cars Limited.
Major Glenn Miller, musician, and composer, disappeared over the English Channel during a flight.
The Junkers Ju 287, the first jet with forward-swept wings, made its first flight.
Alaska Airlines started operating.
Future Pope John Paul II was almost killed by a Nazi truck in Krakow, Poland.
