James Dean’s most acclaimed movie, “Rebel Without a Cause,” was released in the US.
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NASA's Saturn I rocket was tested for the first time in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.
Gliese 229B became the first brown dwarf to be seen and identified by astronomers.
Englishman William Penn founded Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Second Battle of Newbury was fought in the English Civil War.
US President Woodrow Wilson announced the country would never fight another country for territory again.