- May 20
- Japanese-Americans regain their citizenship. [1]
- May 24
- First house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited (Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania). [1]
- May 25
- USSR leader Nikita Khrushchev visits Angola. [1]
- May 28
- Monkeys Able and Baker zoom 300 miles (500 km) into space on Jupiter missile, became first animals retrieved from a space mission. [1]
- May 29
- Charles de Gaulle forms French Government. [1]
- May 30
- Iraq terminates military assistance pact with US due to neutrality. [1]
- President Somoza ends emergency crisis in Nicaragua. [1]
- President Stroessner disbands Paraguay's parliament. [1]
- World's first hovercraft (SR-N1) tested at Cowes, England. [1]
- June 1
- Constitution of Tunisia promulgated (National Day). [1]
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- June 8
- First official "missile mail" lands (Jacksonville, Florida, USA). [1]
- June 9
- First ballistic missile submarine launched (George Washington, in Groton, Connecticut, USA). [1]
- June 14
- The Matterhorn Mountain with its Matterhorn Bobsleds ride opens in Fantasyland at Disneyland in California. It is the first thrill ride at Disneyland, and the first ride to use cylindrical rails and urethane wheels. The mountain is 147 feet high, 1/100th the height of the real Matterhorn mountain, and uses 2175 steel girders. Final cost of the attraction is US$1.5 million. [6]
- June 18
- First telecast transmitted from England to US. [1]
- June 26
- Queen Elizabeth II and US President Dwight Eisenhower open the Saint Lawrence Seaway. [1]
- June 29
- Pope John XXIII encyclical On truth, unity, and peace, in charity. [1]
- July 4
- Cayman Islands separates from Jamaica, becomes a crown colony. [1]
- July 6
- Saar becomes part of German Federal Republic. [1]
- July 8
- Dale Buisand and Chester Ovnand are first Americans killed in Vietnam War. [1]
- July 14
- First atomic-powered cruiser, the Long Beach, christened at Quincy, Massachusetts, USA. [1]
- July 17
- Dr Leakey discovers oldest human skull (600,000 years old). [1]
- Tibet abolishes serfdom. [1]
- July 21
- First atomic-powered merchant ship, Savannah, christened, at Camden, New Jersey, USA. [1]
- July 24
- US Vice President Richard Nixon argues with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, known as "Kitchen Debate". [1]
- August 7
- Explorer 6 transmits first TV photo of Earth from space. [1]
- August 16
- USSR introduces installment buying. [1]
- August 17
- Quake Lake is formed in Yellowstone National Park in Montana by a 7.5 magnitude earthquake. [1] [5]
- August 21
- Hawaii becomes the 50th state of the USA. [1] [445.4] [453.4,70] [684.68]
- September 12
- Luna 2 launched by USSR; first spacecraft to impact on the Moon. [1] [5]
- September 14
- The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach the Moon. [5]
- September 15
- Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev arrives in US to begin a 13-day visit. [1]
- September 17
- Typhoon kills 2,000 in Japan and Korea. [1]
- September 18
- Vanguard 3 is launched into orbit to measure local phenomena related to Earth's atmosphere. [1] [5]
- September 19
- Nikita Krushchev is denied access to Disneyland during visit to USA due to security concerns. [1]
- September 25
- S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, Ceylon's Prime Minister, assassinated by a Buddhist monk. [1]
- September 27
- Typhoon Vera hits Japanese island of Honshu, kills nearly 5,000. [1]
- September 28
- Explorer VI reveals an intense radiation belt around the Earth. [1]
- September 29
- Sultan of Brunei promulgates a constitution. [1]
- October 7
- U.S.S.R. probe Luna 3 transmits the first ever photographs of the far side of the Moon. [1] [5]
- October 13
- In Hamlet, Indiana, USA a building is hit by a falling meteorite. [521]
- October 21
- U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the executive order transferring Wernher von Braun and other German scientists to NASA. [5]
- In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of contemporary art, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens to the public. [1] [5] [129]
- October 27
- Rare Pacific hurricane kills 2,000 in Western Mexico. [1]
- November 12
- Canadian aircraft company Avro makes the first untethered free flight of the VZ-9Z Avrocar prototype. [1178.401]
- November 14
- Kilauea's most spectacular eruption (in Hawaii). [1]
- November 17
- De Beers firm of South Africa announces synthetic diamond. [1]
- November 20
- United Nations adopts the declaration of children's rights. [1]
- December 1
- Twelve nations sign a treaty for scientific peaceful use of Antarctica. [1]
- The first color photograph of Earth is received from outer space. [1]
- December 2
- Malpasset dam collapses destroying French Riviera town of Frejus. [1]
- December 3
- State of emergency on Cyprus ends. [1]
- December 8
- Dom Mintoff demands independence for Malta. [1]
- December 12
- United Nations Committee on Peaceful Use of Outer Space is established. [1]
- (to December 17) In Bangkok, Thailand, the South-East Asia Peninsula Games are held. [1419.6]
- December 13
- Archbishop Makarios elected first President of Cyprus. [1]
- December 14
- Archbishop Makarios proclaimed President of Cyprus. [1]
- J B Jordan in F-104C sets world altitude record, 31,513 metres. [1]
- December 16
- Snow falling in Lowarai Pass, West Pakistan, kills 48. [1]
- December 25
- Sony brings transistor TV 8-301 to the market. [1]
- December 30
- The USS George Washington becomes first ballistic missile submarine commissioned. [1]
- December 31
- Cuban President Batista boards a plane from Havana with 40 cohorts and $300 million in cash, heading to Dominican Republic. [1840.27]
- Year
- In Chile, total betting on horse racing totals US$17 million. [80.333]
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