The Beatles signed on with their first formal manager, Brian Epstein.
Adolf Eichmann was found guilty of war crimes in Israel.
A painting that had been hung upside down in a museum was finally flipped upright after going unnoticed for over a month.
Enos, the chimpanzee, was launched into space on the Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission.
NASA's Saturn I rocket was tested for the first time in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.
The American romantic comedy 'Breakfast at Tiffany's,' starring Audrey Hepburn, was released in the US.
Pakistan established its national space agency, the SUPARCO.
Berlin's city became entirely divided in two, with all borders sealed between the east and west.