To Kill a Mockingbird film was released.
'Lawrence of Arabia' film directed by David Lean, was released in the United States.
The Mariner 2 space probe completed the first-ever flyby of Venus.
NASA launched the first-ever active repeater communications satellite.
The first Boeing 727 planes were delivered to airlines.
The American psychological thriller 'What Ever Happened to Baby Jane' with Joan Crawford and Bette Davis was released.
The Cuban Missile Crisis Ended.
The Cuban Missile Crisis began.
American rock band, The Beach Boys released their first album, 'Surfin' Safari.'
The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opened in New York City.
Singer Bob Dylan played at New York's famous Carnegie Hall.
Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tebogo were admitted to the United Nations.
American department store Kohl's opened their first store in Brookfield, Wisconsin.
The world population on Earth passed 3 billion.
Nelson Mandela returned to South Africa and was arrested for illegally leaving the country.
The Soviet Union launched its second reconnaissance satellite, Kosmos 4.
Martin Luther King Jr. was jailed while performing a public prayer at the city hall in Albany, Georgia, US.
The Mariner 1 Space Probe was forced to self-destruct minutes after launching.
The Rolling Stones had their first performance at the Marquee Club in London.
Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested for a demonstration he was involved in during December 1961.
NASA launched Telstar 1, the world's first active communications satellite.
Andy Warhol presented his artwork for the first time at the Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, US.
Algeria claimed its independence from France after being ruled for 132 years.
The first Walmart store opened in Rogers, Arkansas.
President John F. Kennedy gained an honorary degree from Yale University.
Chile and Italy played one of the most violent soccer games in history.
Scott Carpenter orbited the Earth three times in the US Aurora 7.
Twelve doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston performed the first successful reattachment of a human limb – it was the severed arm of a boy.
Marilyn Monroe performed 'Happy Birthday, Mr. President' for President J.F. Kennedy's 45th birthday.
NASA's Atlas-Centaur rocket exploded mid-air during its first test flight.
Ariel 1, the first British-American satellite, was launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida, US.
Neil Armstrong flew the X-15 craft to an altitude of 34 miles (54.6 km).
Glen Bell opened the very first Taco Bell restaurant, in Downey, California.
John Glenn became the first American to orbit planet Earth.
Honeybees stung Johannes Relleke a world record 2,443 times in Zimbabwe.
The Ranger 3 robotic spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The filming of the first James Bond movie, 'Dr. No,' began.
New York City modernized its subway by starting its first unmanned trains.
