January 17 -- President Dwight Eisenhower gives his final State of the Union Address to Congress.
January 20 -- John F. Kennedy becomes the 35th President of the United States.
Feruary 12 -- U.S.S.R. launches Venera 1 towards Venus.
May 19 -- Venera program: Venera 1 becomes the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing Venus (however, the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back any data).
July 4 -- The Soviet submarine K-19 reactor leak occurs in the North Atlantic.
July 21 -- Mercury program: Gus Grissom, piloting the Mercury-Redstone 4 capsule Liberty Bell 7, becomes the second American to go into space (sub-orbital). Upon splashdown, the hatch prematurely opens, and the capsule sinks (it will be recovered in 1999).
July 31 -- Jay Michael is born in Jones County, Mississippi. Happy Birthday!!!!!
July 31 -- At Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, the first All-Star Game tie in major league baseball history occurs when the game is stopped in the 9th inning due to rain. It will be the only tie (until 2002) in MLB All-Star Game history.
July 31 -- John F. Kennedy signs Executive Order 10955. Administration of assistance in the development of Latin America and in the reconstruction of Chile.
November -- The Fantastic Four #1 debuts, launching the Marvel Universe and revolutionizing the American comic book industry.
November 9 -- Neil Armstrong records a world record speed in a rocket plane of 6,587km/h flying a X-15.
November 10 -- Catch-22 is first published by Joseph Heller.
"Barbie" gets a boyfriend when the "Ken" doll is introduced.
Mickey Mantle becomes the highest paid Baseball player after signing a $75,000 contract.
Anthropologists Louis and Mary Leakey discover Homo habilis in the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania
"Frito" corn chips appear
Movies: West Side Story, The Hustler, Judgment at Nuremburg The Guns of Navarone, The Absent-Minded Professor, The Parent Trap, Swiss Family Robinson, Exodus, 101 Dalmatians
Songs: Moon River, Where the Boys Are, Will You Love Me Tomorrow, Blue Moon, The Lion Sleeps Tonight
TV Shows: Bullwinkle, Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, Hazel, Dick Van Dyke Show, Top Cat
Happy Birthday!
¡Feliz Cumpleaños!
Tu novia,
Edith
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Happy birthday, Michael!
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