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.
Kuwait declared its independence from the UK.
US President John F. Kennedy addressed Congress and promised to put a man on the moon within a decade.
Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to outer space.
Fidel Castro banned elections and declared Cuba to be a socialist nation.
NASA launched the Explorer 11 satellite atop a Juno II rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1,400 Cuban exiles failed to overthrow Fidel Castro after landing in the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba.
The world's first person visited space.
The 23rd Amendment was ratified, allowing residents of Washington, DC to vote in US elections.
The Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 9 was launched into orbit.
President John F. Kennedy founded the Peace Corps.
NASA's Explorer 9 satellite launched from the Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia.
Sabena Flight 458 crashed, killing the entire US Figure Skating team.
Jane Fonda starts her acting career with 'A String of Beads' on NBC.
A chimpanzee named Ham became the first primate to go to space aboard the US MR-2 spacecraft.
Patsy Cline released her single 'I Fall to Pieces.'
Elvis Presley reached number one in the UK charts with 'Are You Lonesome Tonight?'
Walt Disney's animation '101 Dalmatians' was released in theaters.
A B-52 bomber carrying two nuclear bombs broke up mid-air over North Carolina.
The United States broke diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba.
