May 27 Jomo Kenyatta elected first prime minister of Kenya

May 28 Cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; estimated 22,000 die & 1 million houses destroyed

Jan 12 Spin bowler Bobby Simpson takes 5-57 for Australia vs England

Jan 06 "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" with Marlin Perkins begins on NBC

Jan 07 First class postage raised from 4¢ to 5¢

Jan 31 Tony Sheridan &the Beat Brothers record "What'd I Say" &"Ruby Baby"

Jan 14 George C Wallace sworn in as Governor of Alabama, his address states "segregation now; segregation tomorrow; segregation forever!"

Jan 26 "Milk &Honey" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City NY after 543 performances

Jan 01 G Woods succeeds Eugene Black as president of the World Bank

Jan 04 Soviet Luna (4) reaches Earth orbit but fails to reach Moon

Jan 17 Joe Walker takes X-15 to altitude of 82 km

Jan 08 "Mona Lisa," on loan, unveiled in America's National Gallery of Art

Jan 14 George Wallace sworn in as Governor of Alabama, his address states "segregation now; segregation tomorrow; segregation forever!"

Jan 09 Mao Tse-tung writes his poem "Reply to Comrade Kuo Mo-jo"

Jan 17 Joe Walker takes X-15 to altitude of 82 km

Jan 11 The first discotheque opens, The Whiskey-a-go-go in Los Angeles CA

Jan 07 First class postage raised from 4¢ to 5¢

Jan 06 "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom" with Marlin Perkins begins on NBC

Jan 16 Khrushchev claims to have a 100-megaton nuclear bomb

Jan 03 WOUB TV channel 20 in Athens, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting

Jan 11 Beatles release "Please Please Me" &"Ask Me Why"

Jan 03 WOUB TV channel 20 in Athens, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting

Jan 28 -34ºF (-37ºC), Cynthiana KY (state record)

Jan 12 "Go Away Little Girl" by Steve Lawrence peaks at #1

Jan 25 Wilson Kettle who lived in Newfoundland dies at age 102, he has 582 living descendants

Jan 01 G Woods succeeds Eugene Black as president of the World Bank

Jan 29 Poet Robert Frost dies in Boston at age 88.

Jan 29 The first inductees to the Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, are revealed. They include Earl Lambeau, Earl (Dutch) Clark, and Sammy Baugh.

Jan 23 Kim Philby, the british/russian double agent, defects to Russia

Jan 29 Jim Thorpe, Red Grange &George Halas elected to football hall of fame

Jan 31 Tony Sheridan &the Beat Brothers record "What'd I Say" &"Ruby Baby"

Jan 04 Soviet Luna (4) reaches Earth orbit but fails to reach Moon

Feb 08 First transmission of Clandestine Voice of Iraqi People (Communist)

Feb 10 US female Figure Skating championship won by Lorraine Hanlon

Feb 11 CIA Domestic Operations Division created

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