Feb 10 Eisenhower warns against US intervention in Vietnam

Feb 02 Snow falls on Gibraltar

Feb 10 Ice Pairs Championship at Oslo won by Frances Dafoe/Norris Bowden CAN

Feb 10 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II plants a tree at the Australian War Memorial to mark the beginning of the Remembrance Driveway between Canberra and Sydney

Feb 28 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island

Feb 10 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Hayes Alan Jenkins US

Feb 25 Abdul Nasser appointed Egyptian premier

Feb 01 First TV soap opera "Secret Storm" premieres

Feb 26 First typesetting machine (photo engraving) used, Quincy MA

Feb 13 The Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway is opened between Sept Isles, Que. and Schefferville, Labrador, construction having commenced in 1950.

Feb 10 Eisenhower warns against US intervention in Vietnam, saying it has potential to turn into a quagmire.

Feb 10 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Gundi Busch Germany

Feb 14 Senator John Kennedy appears on "Meet the Press"

Feb 17 The birth of Rene Russo, American actress.

Feb 23 Syrian army drives out President Adib el-Shishakli

Feb 20 General Zahedi wins election in Persia

Apr 23 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits first of his 755 homers

Apr 19 7-time winner of the Boston Marathon, 65-year-old Clarence Demar, runs his last race at Boston finishing 78th

Apr 03 Don Perry climbs a 20' rope in under 2.8 seconds (AAU record)

Apr 12 Billy Haley records "Rock Around the Clock"

Apr 01 US Air Force Academy established

Apr 24 The first American, civilian pilot, P.R. Holden, wounded in Indochina

Apr 02 Plans to build Disneyland first announced

Apr 01 Army helicopter battalion formed, Fort Bragg, NC

Apr 21 Gregori Malenkov becomes premier of USSR

Apr 22 Senate Army-McCarthy televised hearings began

Apr 12 Joe Turner releases "Shake, Rattle and Roll"

Apr 18 Colonel Nasser seizes power in Egypt

Apr 21 USAF flies French battalion to Vietnam

Apr 26 Nationwide test of Salk anti-polio vaccine begins

Apr 01 US Air Force Academy established

Apr 05 Elvis Presley records his debut single, "That's All Right"

Apr 03 "Me & Juliet" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 358 performances

Apr 08 US Air Force Academy established

Apr 16 Detroit Red Wings beat Mont Canadiens 4 games to 3 for the Stanley Cup

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