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World events
• The European Economic Community, the precursor to the European Union, is founded Jan. 1. • The Munich Air Disaster kills 21 people Feb. 6 in West Germany, including seven Manchester United players returning from the European Cup. • A peace symbol is designed and completed by Briton Gerald Holtom on Feb. 21, commissioned by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, which officially launches Feb. 25. • Castro’s revolutionary army begins attacking Havana on April 3. • The World’s Fair opens in Brussels April 17, featuring the Atomium building, a series of spheres connected by tubes in a 12-edged cube. • Charles de Gaulle is brought out of retirement June 1 to lead France by decree for 6 months. • A coup d’état takes place in Iraq on July 14, resulting in the overthrow of the Hashemite monarchy. King Faisal II, the regent and Crown Prince ‘Abd al-Ilah and Prime Minister Nuri al-Said are assassinated. • Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli is elected
“Gigi” wins Best Pic Pope John XXIII on Oct. 28 after 11 ballots following the death of Pope Pius XII on Oct. 9.
U.S. News
• 14-year-old Bobby Fischer wins the U.S. Chess Championship on Jan. 8. • Elvis Presley enters the Army on March 24 after being drafted. • The San Francisco Giants defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8–0 in San Francisco’s Seal Stadium on April 15 in the first regular season MLB game to be played in California. • President Eisenhowser becomes the first U.S. president to be broadcast in color on television May 22 on NBC. • The bodies of unidentified U.S. soldiers killed in action during World War II and the Korean War are laid to rest at the Tomb of the Unknowns on May 30 at
Bobby Fischer wins the U.S. Chess Championship at age 14.
Arlington National Cemetary. • The first Pizza Hut restaurant opens June 15 in Wichita, Kan. • The first International House of Pancakes (IHOP) opens in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles on July 7. • The U.S. Congress formally creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on July 29. • Vladimir Nabokov’s controversial novel “Lolita” is published in the United States on Aug. 18. • Packard Cars ends production as the company closes Aug. 19. • The Baltimore Colts beat the New York Giants 23–17 to win the NFL Championship Game on Dec. 28, the first to go
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Technology
• The first successfull American satellite, Explorer 1, is launched Jan. 31. • An F-104 Starfighter sets the world speed record May 16 of 1,404.19 mph at Edwards Air Force Base. • The nuclear-powered submarine USS
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BORN THIS YEAR: Madonna, musician, actress (Aug. 16). Above left: Michelle Pfeiffer, actress (April 29); Mark Cuban, entrepreneur, NBA owner (July 31); Michael Jackson, musician (Aug. 29); Rickey Henderson, MLB player, coach (Dec. 25).
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Nautilus becomes the first vessel to cross the North Pole under water Aug. 3. • Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments invents the first integrated circuit Sept. 12. • The first transatlantic flight of a Pan American World Airways Boeing 707 takes place Oct. 26 from New York to London.
Movies
• Gigi • Vertigo • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof • South Pacific • The Fly • The Blob • The Long, Hot Summer • The Defiant Ones • Touch of Evil • The Big Country
Music
• “Volare,” Domenico Modungo • “All I Have to Do is Dream,” The Everly Brothers • “Don’t,” Elvis Presley • “Witch Doctor,” David Seville • “Patricia,” Perez Prado • “Sail Along Silvery Moon,” Billy Vaughn • “Tequila,” The Champs • “Catch a Falling Star,” Perry Cuomo • “The Purple People Eater,” Sheb Wooley
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