The United States Supreme Court ruled that restaurants in Washington, DC, could not refuse to serve Black patrons.
The royal coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of England took place at Westminster Abbey, London, UK.
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay conquer Mount Everest.
The United States conducted its first and only nuclear artillery test at the Nevada Test Site.
Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize.
Queen Elizabeth II knighted Sir Winston Churchill in London, England.
The director of the CIA launched Project MKUltra, the US' top secret mind control program.
The first-ever color 3D movie, 'House of Wax,' premiered in New York.
Jomo Kenyatta is sentenced to 7 years hard labor.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Western Turkey, killing 1,070 people.
Georgy Malenkov succeeded Joseph Stalin as leader of the Soviet Union.
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin died in his home after suffering from a stroke.
Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin was found semi-conscious after suffering from a stroke.
Sweet rationing during World War II finally came to an end in Britain.
Tito becomes President of Yugoslavia.
President Truman announced to the people of America that they successfully developed a hydrogen bomb.
A lethal fog began to cover London, lasting for five days, causing the term 'smog' to be termed – a combination of smoke and fog.
US National Security Agency formed.
United States tests first hydrogen bomb.
The Governor of Kenya declared a state of emergency and began arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising.
UK tests its first atomic bomb.
KFC opened its first franchise in Salt Lake City, Utah, US.
Nixon Makes his Checkers Speech.
The comedy movie 'The Quiet Man' was released in the UK.
Finnish Armi Kuusela won the first Miss Universe Pageant at Long Beach, California.
The women of Greece were given the right to vote.
The Treaty of San Francisco took effect.
The Bolivian National Revolution overthrows Hugo Ballivián's government.
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.
Fulgencio Batista assumes power in Cuba after a coup.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill went public that Britain had its first atomic bomb and planned to test it in Australia by the end of the year.
Queen Elizabeth II took to the throne after the death of King George VI.
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.
Libya gains independence from Italy.
The groundbreaking TV soap opera 'Sua Vida Me Pertence' premiered in Brazil.
The Thailand military took over the country's governance and reinstated the 1932 Constitution.
Japan Airlines (JAL) is founded.
Alice in Wonderland premiered in London.
A 12-inch-deep hailstorm in Kansas became one of the US' most expensive hailstorms.
The European Union expanded the 1951 Stresa Convention.
Delegates of the Dalai Lama sign the Seventeen Point Agreement.
The 9th Street Art Exhibition opened.
The Talyllyn Railway in Wales became the first railway line in the world to be run solely by volunteers.
A human organ is surgically reconstructed for the first time.
The European Coal and Steel Community, a precursor of the European Union, is established.
The United Kingdom officially created its first National Park, the Peak District National Park.
Israeli Knesset chose April 13 as the official Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death.
