Apr 10 Northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco

Apr 04 1st march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston England)

Apr 16 Arnold Palmer wins his first Masters golf tournament

Apr 17 Brussel's (Belgium) World Fair opens

Nov 22 Jamie Lee Curtis, actress born

Nov 23 Ronald and Nancy Reagan appeared together in the GE Theatre production of A Turkey for the President.

Nov 27 USSR abrogates Allied war-time agreements on control of Germany

Nov 28 George "Punch" Imlach becomes coach of NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs

Nov 23 One of the last drama programs on radio debuted. It was unusual in that it followed the TV show of the same name. Have Gun Will Travel was broadcast on CBS radio and starred John Dehner as Paladin. Richard Boone played Paladin on TV.

Nov 24 Mali becomes an autonomous state within French Community

Nov 28 Chad becomes an autonomous republic within the French community

Nov 30 First guided missile destroyer launched, Dewey, Bath, Me

Nov 25 Senegal becomes an autonomous state in the French Community

Nov 28 Congo and Mauritania become autonomous members of French Community

Sep 08 Oman turns over Gwadur (on Bal£chist n coast) to Pakistan

Sep 15 Commuter train crashes through drawbridge, killing 48 (Newark NJ)

Sep 05 "Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak published in the US

Sep 24 The first welded aluminum girder highway bridge completed, Urbandale, Ia

Sep 05 The first color video recording on magnetic tape presented, Charlotte NC

Sep 28 Guinea votes for independence from France

Sep 26 Columbia (US) beats Sceptre (England) in 18th America's Cup 0

Sep 20 Martin Luther King Jr stabbed in chest by a deranged black woman in NYC

Sep 15 48 die in a train crash in Elizabethport NJ

Jun 26 Mackinac Straits Bridge, Michigan dedicated

Jun 29 Brazil beats Sweden 5-2 in soccer's 6th World Cup at Stockholm

Jun 22 Game in KC between A's &Red Sox delayed 29 minutes due to tornado

Jun 01 General De Gaulle named the premier of France

Jun 26 Vanguard SLV-2 launched for Earth orbit (failed)

Jun 01 Charles de Gaulle becomes premier of France

Dec 10 First domestic (NY-Miami) passenger jet flight-National 707 flew 111 people

Dec 18 Niger gains autonomy within French Community (National Day)

Dec 18 First voice from space recorded Christmas message by Eisenhower

Dec 31 International Geophyscial Year ends

Dec 09 Robert H.W. Welch Jr and 11 other men meet in Indianapolis to form the anti-Communist John Birch Society

Dec 11 Upper Volta (now Bourkina Fasso) gains autonomy from France

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