The Boeing B-47 Stratojet Strategic bomber plane made its first flight.
The French Army massacred more than 300 civilians in the Vietnamese village of Mỹ Trạch.
Queen Elizabeth II married Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey in London.
The first episode of Meet The Press, the longest-running American TV program, aired.
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.
Grace Hopper fell victim to the first-ever computer bug after removing a moth from her Harvard Mark II computer.
Pakistan gained independence from the British Empire – a day before India's independence.
President Harry Truman signed the National Security Act.
British Princess Elizabeth got engaged to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten.
A flying saucer crash at Roswell, New Mexico, was broadcasted to the public.
The Soviet Union started mass producing the AK-47 assault rifle.
An anti-government uprising took place in Taiwan, where around 28,000 people lost their lives.
US General Eisenhower bid to raise $170 million in aid to help European Jews.
Edwin Land presented his Polaroid photo product, the world's first instant photos, in New York City.
Christian Dior presented 'The New Look Fashion Show.'
The temperature plunged to -81.4°F in Snag, Yukon, Canada, making it the coldest recorded temperature in North America.
