May 27 Fiorentina wins first Europe Cup II in Florence

May 31 Dominican Republic President Trujillo assassinated

May 22 "Touchables In Brooklyn" by Dickie Goodman hits #42

May 14 Bus with first group of Freedom Riders bombed & burned in Alabama

May 19 New pier opens in Scheveningen

May 01 The first US airplane hijacked to Cuba

May 05 Alan Shepard becomes first American in space (aboard Freedom 7)

May 16 13th Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck

May 31 South Africa becomes an independent republic

May 01 Tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain

May 31 Judge Irving Kaufman orders Board of Education of New Rochelle, to integrate

Jan 20 Robert Frost recites "The Gift Outright" at JFK's inauguration

Jan 20 Yugoslav ex-Vice-President Milovan Djilas flees

Jan 20 Robert Frost recites "The Gift Outright" at JFK's inauguration

Jan 15 Supremes signed with Motown Records

Jan 25 Walt Disney's "101 Dalmations" released

Jan 21 "Conquering Hero" closes at ANTA Theater New York City NY after 8 performances

Jan 16 Russian espionage ring detected in Great Britain

Jan 29 US female Figure Skating championship won by Laurence Owen

Jan 24 The birth of Nastassja Kinski, German actress

Jan 31 David Ben-Gurion resigns as premier of Israel

Jan 02 Hawaii's, then all time low temperature, 14ºF recorded atop Haleakale

Jan 12 UN genocide pact goes into effect

Jan 01 Largest check issued, National Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion)

Jan 27 "Sing Along with Mitch" [Miller] premieres on NBC TV

Jan 01 Largest check issued, National Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion)

Jan 31 David Ben-Gurion resigns as premier of Israel

Jan 07 Trucial States (now UAE) issue their first postage stamps

Jan 03 Adam Clayton Powell elected Chairman of House Education &Labor

Jan 30 JFK asks for an Alliance for Progress &Peace Corps

Jan 31 USAF launches Samos spy satellite to replace U-2 flights

Jan 03 US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba

Jan 29 US male Figure Skating championship won by Bradley Lord

Jan 07 Trucial States (now UAE) issue their first postage stamps

Jan 03 Adam Clayton Powell elected Chairman of House Education &Labor

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