Feb 28 The first polar orbiting satellite, Discoverer 1, launched

Apr 04 Fed of Mali, consisting of Senegal &French Sudan (dissolved 1960)

Apr 14 (Robert) Taft Memorial Bell Tower dedicated in Wash DC

Apr 15 Fidel Castro begins US goodwill tour

Apr 16 Helicopters from USS Edisto begin rescue operations in Montevideo, Uruguay. By 26 April they had carried 277 flood victims to safety.

Apr 15 The birth of Emma Thompson, British actress

Apr 04 Federation of Mali, consisting of Senegal & French Sudan (dissolved 1960)

Apr 21 Alf Dean using a rod & reel hooks a 2,664lb, 16' 10" white shark

Apr 27 Gordon Armstrong inventor of baby incubator, dies

Apr 09 Selection of first 7 Mercury astronauts, include 4 naval aviators

Apr 05 23rd Golf Masters Championship Art Wall Jr wins, shooting a 284

Apr 05 Art Wall wins golf's Masters

Apr 24 "Your Hit Parade" ended after a nine-year run on television and many more years on radio. The show debuted in

Apr 07 Radar first bounced off sun, Stanford Calif

Apr 13 Vanguard SLV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed)

Apr 13 Vatican edict forbids Roman Catholics for voting for communists

Apr 25 USS Eversole rescues 14 Chinese Nationalist fishermen from their sinking fishing trawler in the Formosa Strait.

Apr 18 Montreal Canadiens beat Tor Maple Leafs 4 games to 1 for Stanley Cup

Apr 10 Japan's Crown Prince Akihito marries commoner Michiko Shoda

Apr 13 USAF launches Discover II into polar orbit

Apr 27 "Today" show goes abroard the first time (Paris France)

Apr 25 St Lawrence Seaway linking Atlantic, Great Lakes opens to shipping

Apr 20 "Desilu Playhouse" on CBS-TV presented a two-part show titled, "The Untouchables" starting this night. Robert Stack starred in the program and became a major television star when "The Untouchables" become a weekly network series in the fall of 1959.

Nov 02 Charles Van Doren confesses, TV quiz show-"21" was fixed

Nov 20 The all-new 105E Anglia was introduced in the United States--the first British Ford to be marketed to Americans on a large scale

Nov 20 UN adopts the declaration of children's rights

Nov 01 Goalie Jacques Plant wears a hockey mask fo rthe first time in a game

Nov 14 Kilauea's most spectacular eruption (in Hawaii)

Nov 30 Joe Foss named first commissioner of AFL

Nov 16 The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music opens on Broadway.

Nov 21 Jack Benny (violin) and Richard Nixon (piano) play their famed duet

Nov 23 "Fiorello!" premiers on Broadway

Nov 21 Max Baer US, heavyweight boxing champ (1934), dies at 49

Nov 19 Ford cancels the Edsel

Sep 06 Mattel's Barbie doll goes on sale for the first time; she's still popular today.

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