Liechtenstein became the 160th member of the United Nations.
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The award-winning drama movie 'A Streetcar Named Desire' was released in the US.
Segregation led many students to walk out of Froebel High School, Gary, Indiana.
During his fourth and final voyage, Christopher Columbus arrived in Costa Rica.
President George Washington marked the location for the Capitol Building in Washington, DC.
Colonel Joseph William Kittinger II completed the first-ever trans-Atlantic crossing in a helium balloon.