Dec 25 Avalanche of lava kills 150 (Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand)

Dec 31 Hulan Jack sworn in as Manhattan Borough president

Dec 30 Electronics manufacturer Admiral unveils the first color television set for consumers, priced at a modest $1,175.

Dec 09 General Electric announces all Communist employees will be fired

Aug 12 Ann Davidson, first woman to sail solo across Atlantic, arrives Miami

Aug 07 Eastern Airlines enters the jet age, uses Electra prop-jet

Aug 01 Northern Rhodesia becomes part of Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland

Aug 05 Operation Big Switch begins - exchange of prisoners of war of Korean Conflict

Aug 04 Black families move into Trumbull Park housing project in Chicago

Aug 23 Phil Grate sets record for throwing a baseball (443'3«")

Aug 21 Marion Carl in Douglas Skyrocket reaches record 25,370 m

Aug 20 Russia publicly acknowledges hydrogen bomb test detonation

Aug 13 Pres Eisenhower establishes Govt Contract Compliance Committee

Aug 12 In Greece, Kefallinia (Cephalonia) a 7.1 quake killed 455, over 27,000 houses destroyed on Ithaki (Ithaca), Kefallinia (Cephalonia) and Zakinthos (Zante)

Aug 08 US & South Korea initial a mutual security pact

Aug 15 Inmates riot at Kingston Penitentiary; burn three buildings; do $2 million damage.

Aug 29 USSR explodes its first hydrogen bomb

Aug 12 Soviet Union conducts secret test of its first hydrogen bomb

Oct 15 The first televised weather report airs.

Oct 05 Earl Warren sworn in as 14th chief justice of the US

Oct 22 Laos gains full independence from France

Oct 14 Ike promises to fire as Red any federal worker taking 5th amendment

Oct 19 First jet transcontinental nonstop scheduled service

Oct 01 Indian state of Andhra Pradesh partitioned from Madras

Oct 13 Burglar alarm-ultrasonic or radio waves-patented-Samuel Bagno

Oct 28 Bud Grant of Winnipeg Blue Bombers intercepts 5 passes (record)

Oct 30 Dr Albert Schweitzer &Gen George C Marshall win Nobel Peace Prize

Jul 27 The Korean war comes to an end, with the signing of the armistice

Jul 13 J A Bruwer discovers asteroids #1658 Innes & #3284

Jul 22 Cy Kendall actor (Mysteries of Chinatown), dies at 55

Jul 27 Armistice signed at Panmunjom brings hostilities in Korea to an end

Jul 26 Cuban pirate radio station's first transmission at Santiago de Cuba

Jul 22 U.S. ships laid down heavy barrage to support UN troops in Korea

Jul 14 The first natl monument dedicated to a Negro-George Washington Carver

Jul 27 Armistice signed ending Korean War

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