| January 1 | Bhutan issues its 1st postage stamps |
| January 1 | WEAT (now WPEC) TV channel 12 in West Palm Beach, Florida (CBS) begins |
| January 2 | 1st "Bob Cummings Show" premieres on NBC (later on CBS) |
| January 3 | Jose Ramon Guizado becomes president of Panama |
| January 5 | KMSP TV channel 9 in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN (IND) 1st broadcast |
| January 7 | Marian Anderson becomes 1st black singer to perform at Met (New York City) |
| January 7 | WCIQ TV channel 7 in Mount Cheaha, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| January 8 | Furman sets NCAA basketball single-game scoring record with 154 pt |
| January 8 | Georgia Tech ends Kentucky's 130-game home basketball win streak |
| January 8 | Louise Sugg wins LPGA LA Golf Open |
| January 8 | WUNorth Carolina TV channel 4 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| January 14 | Heitor Villa-Lobos' 8th Symphony, premieres in Philadelphia |
| January 15 | 1st official act of Princess Beatrice, launches tanker Vasum |
| January 15 | D Shostakovich' "From Jewish Folk Poetry," premieres in Leningrad |
| January 15 | U.S.S.R. ends state of war with German Federal Republic |
| January 16 | Jackie Pung wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open |
| January 16 | NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-19 |
| January 17 | Submarine Nautilus begins 1st nuclear-powered test voyage |
| January 19 | 1st presidential news conference filmed for TV (Eisenhower) |
| January 19 | "Millionaire" TV program premieres on CBS |
| January 19 | "Scrabble" debuts on board game market |
| January 20 | 1st atomic sub, USS Nautilus, launched at Groton Conn |
| January 22 | Norwegian government of Einar Gerhardsen forms |
| January 23 | Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open |
| January 23 | KORK (now KVBC) TV channel 3 in Las Vegas, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast |
| January 25 | Columbia U scientists develope an atomic clock accurate to within one second in 300 years |
| January 25 | Jill Kinmont hits a tree and breaks her back in Snow Cup Ski Race |
| January 25 | Russia ends state of war with Germany |
| January 25 | United States and Panama sign canal treaty |
| January 27 | "Plain and Fancy" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 476 performances |
| January 29 | John Williams Cox buys Yankee Stadium, sells grounds to Knights of Columbus, later leaves structure to Rice University (1962) |
| January 31 | RCA demonstrates 1st music synthesizer |
| February 1 | HC Hansen appointed premier of Denmark |
| February 2 | 1st presidential news conference on network TV, Eisenhower on ABC |
| February 8 | Malenkov resigns as U.S.S.R. premier, Bulganin replaces him |
| February 9 | Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts crematory law |
| February 9 | U.S. federations of trade unions merge into AFL/CIO |
| February 12 | McGuire Sisters' "Sincerely" single goes to #1 and stays #1 for 10 weeks |
| February 12 | President Eisenhower sends 1st U.S. advisors to South Vietnam |
| February 12 | Soviets decides space center built in Baikonur, Kazachstan |
| February 12 | WTVY TV channel 4 in Dothan, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| February 13 | Israel acquires 4 of 7 Dead Sea scrolls |
| February 13 | KRCG TV channel 13 in Jefferson City, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| February 13 | Patty Berg wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open |
| February 14 | WFLA (now WXFL) TV channel 8 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (NBC) begins |
| February 15 | 1st pilot plant to produce man-made diamonds announced |
| February 17 | Ice Dance Championship at Vienna Austria won by J Westwood/Demmy GRB |
| February 17 | Ice Pairs Championship at Vienna won by Frances Dafoe and Bowden of CAN |
| February 17 | KTVF TV channel 11 in Fairbanks, AK (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting |
| February 17 | Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Vienna won by Tenley Albright U.S. |
| February 17 | Mike Souchak sets PGA 72-hole record of 257 |
| February 18 | Baghdad Pact signed, making Turkey and Iraq a defense alliance |
| February 19 | South East Asia Collective Defense Treaty goes into effect |
| February 20 | Fay Crocker wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open |
| February 22 | British aircraft carrier Ark Royal sets sail |
| February 23 | Edgar Faure forms French government |
| February 24 | Pact of Baghdad between Iraq and Turkey signed |
| February 24 | "Silk Stockings" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 461 performances |
| February 26 | 1st aviator to bail out at supersonic speed-GF Smith |
| February 26 | "Peter Pan" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 149 performances |
| February 27 | Betty Jameson wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open |
| March 1 | Israeli assault on Gaza, kills 48 |
| March 1 | KFAR (now KATN) TV channel 2 in Fairbanks, AK (ABC/NBC) 1st broadcast |
| March 1 | Pakistan vs. India 5 Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw |
| March 2 | King Norodom Sihanukh of Cambodia succeeded by his father |
| March 2 | William Inge's "Bus Stop," premieres in New York City |
| March 3 | Elvis Presley made his 1st TV appearance |
| March 4 | 1st radio facsimile transmission sent across the continent |
| March 5 | Elvis Presley's 1st TV appearance on "Louisiana Hayride" show |
| March 5 | WBBJ TV channel 7 in Jackson, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| March 6 | Dutch premiere of Samuel Becketts' "Waiting for Godot" |
| March 6 | Jackie Pung wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open |
| March 7 | 7th Emmy Awards: Make Room for Daddy, Danny Thomas and Loretta Young |
| March 7 | Baseball Commish Ford Frick says he favors legalization of spitter |
| March 7 | Mary Martin as "Peter Pan" televised |
| March 13 | Bir BSD Mahendra succeeds Tribhubana as king of Nepal |
| March 13 | Patty Berg wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship |
| March 14 | Prince Mahemdra becomes king of Nepal |
| March 15 | Dutch 2nd Chamber requires TV licenses |
| March 15 | U.S. Air Force unveils self-guided missile |
| March 15 | WLEX TV channel 18 in Lexington, Kentucky (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| March 16 | Josephine Kroesen appointed as 1st Dutch female judge |
| March 16 | President Eisenhower upheld the use of atomic weapons in case of war |
| March 17 | Maurice "Rocket" Richard suspended, sparks 7 hour riot in Montreal |
| March 18 | I Hatojama recognized as premier of Japan |
| March 19 | 17th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: San Francisco beats La Salle 77-63 |
| March 20 | KXTV TV channel 10 in Sacramento, California (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| March 21 | Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus desires Cyprus joining Greece |
| March 21 | Brooklyn Bulletin ask Dodger fans not to call their team "Bums" |
| March 24 | 1st seagoing oil drill rig placed in service |
| March 24 | British Army patrols withdraw from Belfast after 20 years |
| March 24 | Tennessee Williams, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens for 694 performances |
| March 25 | East Germany granted full sovereignty by occupying power, U.S.S.R. |
| March 26 | "Ballad of Davy Crockett," becomes the #1 record in US |
| March 27 | 9th Tony Awards: Desperate Hours and Pajama Game win |
| March 27 | Steve McQueen makes his network TV debut (Goodyear Playhouse) |
| March 27 | WPRI TV channel 12 in Providence, RI (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| March 28 | New Zealand cricket all out for 26 vs. England at Eden Park |
| March 30 | 27th Academy Awards - "On the Waterfront," Brando and Grace Kelly win |
| March 31 | Collie Smith scores 104 on cricket debut WI vs. Australia, Kingston |
| March 31 | U.S. Assay Office in Seattle, Washington closes Chase National (3rd largest bank) and Bank of the Manhattan Company (15th largest bank) merge to form Chase Manhattan |
| April 1 | Armed military action taken against bureaucratic strike in Amsterdam |
| April 1 | EOKA-bomb attacks against British government buildings in Cyprus |
| April 1 | WTVT TV channel 13 in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida (CBS) 1st broadcast |
| April 2 | Pancho Gonzales retains tennis title by winning a tournament playing under table tennis rules |
| April 2 | U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright |
| April 2 | U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins |
| April 3 | Baltimore Orioles pull their 1st triple play (3-6-2 vs Kansas City Athletics) |
| April 3 | Fire in cinema to Sclessin Belgium, kills 39 |
| April 3 | Louise Suggs wins LPGA Oklahoma City Golf Open |
| April 3 | Night express train in Guadalajara derails, killing 300 |
| April 4 | British government signs military treaty with Iraq |
| April 5 | Winston Churchill resigns as British PM, Anthony Eden succeeds him |
| April 6 | "3 for Tonight" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 85 performances |
| April 6 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| April 6 | Yemen: failed coup by Abdullah Seif el-Islam |
| April 9 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| April 10 | 19th Golf Masters Championship: Cary Middlecoff wins, shooting a 279 |
| April 10 | 9th NBA Championship: Syrac Nats beat Ft. Wayne Pistons, 4 games to 3 |
| April 10 | Dr. Jonas Salk successfully tests Polio vaccine |
| April 10 | Ruth Ellis shoots jilting lover David Blakely |
| April 11 | Sobers starts run of 85 Test Cricket appearances for WI uninterrupted |
| April 12 | 1st game in Kansas City, Kansas City A's beat Detroit Tigers, 6-2 |
| April 12 | Salk polio vaccine safe and effective; 4 billion dimes marched |
| April 13 | 20.33" (51.64 cm) of rainfall, Axis, Alabama (state record) |
| April 14 | Elston Howard becomes the 1st black to wear the Yankee uniform |
| April 14 | Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 3 |
| April 14 | WBRZ TV channel 2 in Baton Rouge, LA (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting |
| April 15 | Ray Kroc starts McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants in Illinois |
| April 15 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| April 17 | Betty Jameson wins LPGA Babe Didrikson Zaharias Golf Open |
| April 18 | 1st "Walk"/"Don't Walk" lighted street signals installed |
| April 18 | 1st Bandoeng Conference - Afro-Asian conference opens |
| April 18 | "Ankles Aweigh" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 176 performances |
| April 19 | 59th Boston Marathon won by Hideo Hamamura of Japan in 2:18:22 |
| April 20 | "Saint of Bleecker St" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 92 performances |
| April 21 | Brooklyn Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season |
| April 21 | J Lawrence and R E Lee's "Inherit the Wind," premieres in New York City |
| April 21 | Minas Gerais Argentina tunnel caves in; 30 die |
| April 22 | Congress orders all U.S. coins bear motto "In God We Trust" |
| April 22 | Kansas City Athletic's 1st game, beat Tigers 6-2 |
| April 23 | Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Carrollton Golf Open |
| April 23 | "Kismet" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 583 performances |
| April 24 | Conference of Bandung against colonialism/for self determination, ends |
| April 24 | Gaullists lose elections in France |
| April 24 | KFDM TV channel 6 in Beaumont, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| April 24 | KMAU (now KGMV) TV channel 3 in Wailuku, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| April 28 | WBIQ TV channel 10 in Birmingham, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| April 29 | G. Gronchi elected president of Italy |
| April 30 | Element 101, Mendelevium, announced |
| April 30 | Imperial Bank of India nationalized |
| April 30 | Perez Prado's "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" goes #1 for 10 weeks |
| April 30 | West German unions protest for 40-hour work week and more wages |
| May 1 | Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Tournament |
| May 1 | Bob Feller's 15th 1 or less hitter (12 1-hitters, 3 no-hitters) |
| May 2 | India poses discrimination "onaanraakbaren" punishable |
| May 2 | Pulitzer prize awarded Tennessee Williams for (Cat on Hot Tin Roof) |
| May 2 | WGBH TV channel 2 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| May 5 | "Damn Yankees" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 1022 performances |
| May 5 | Indies parliament accept hindu-divorce |
| May 5 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada test Site |
| May 5 | West Germany granted full sovereignty by 3 occupying powers |
| May 6 | West Germany joins NATO |
| May 7 | 81st Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Swaps wins in 2:01.8 |
| May 7 | U.S.S.R. signs peace treaty with France and Great Britain |
| May 7 | West Europe Union established |
| May 9 | German Federal Republic joins NATO |
| May 11 | Israel attacks Gaza |
| May 12 | Chicago Cub Sam Jones is 1st black to pitch no-hitter (Pirates, 4-0) |
| May 13 | Mickey Mantle hits 3 consecutive home runs of at least 463' |
| May 14 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean |
| May 14 | Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania |
| May 15 | Austrian state treaty signed making Austria independent again |
| May 15 | Building of space travel center at Baikonur Kazachstan begins |
| May 15 | KPUA (now KGMD) TV channel 9 in Hilo, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| May 15 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| May 15 | Vienna Treaty: Brit, France, U.S. and U.S.S.R. restores Austria's independence |
| May 16 | Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Don Cockell in SF |
| May 16 | King Baudouin of Belgium visits Congo |
| May 16 | Ray Lindwall scores his 2nd Test Cricket century 118 at Bridgetown |
| May 16 | Rocky Marciano TKOs Don Cockell in 9 for heavyweight boxing title |
| May 17 | Dutch Government of Drees resigns |
| May 18 | 28.7 cm rain falls at Lake Maloya New Mexico (state record) |
| May 18 | Atkinson and Depeiaza take WI from 6-187 to 6-494 in day vs. Australia |
| May 18 | Queen Juliana opens E55 fair in Amsterdam |
| May 19 | Atkinson and Depeiaza make 347 stand for 7th wkt WI vs. Australia |
| May 20 | Argentine parliament accepts separation of church and state |
| May 21 | 1st transcontinental round-trip solo flight-sunrise to sunset |
| May 21 | "House of Flowers" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 165 performances |
| May 21 | WFRV TV channel 5 in Green Bay, Wisconsin (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting |
| May 22 | Oldest man to drive in the Grand Prix (aged 55) finishes 6th |
| May 23 | Presbyterian Church begins accepting women ministers |
| May 25 | Series of 19 twisters destroy Udall Kansas and most of Blackwell Okla |
| May 26 | "7th Heaven" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 44 performances |
| May 26 | Conservatives win British parliamentary election |
| May 26 | Khrushchev arrives in Belgrade |
| May 27 | Boston Red Sox Norm Zauchin gets 10 RBIs, beating Senators 16-0 |
| May 27 | Red Buttons Show, last airs on NBC-TV |
| May 28 | 81st Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Nashua wins in 1:54.6 |
| May 28 | Bob Sweikert wins Indianapolis 500 |
| May 28 | Fay Crocker wins LPGA Wolverine Golf Open |
| May 29 | Jordan government of Tewfik Abdul Huda resigns |
| May 30 | KMVT TV channel 11 in Twin Falls, Idaho (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting |
| May 30 | Said el-Mufti forms Jordan government |
| May 30 | Tunisia begins domestic self governing |
| May 31 | Construction begins on Soviet cosmodrome launch facilities |
| May 31 | Great Britain proclaims emergency crisis due to railroad strike |
| May 31 | Supreme Court orders school integration "with all deliberate speed" |
| June 1 | Habib Bourguiba ends exile from Tunisia |
| June 3 | KLFY TV channel 10 in Lafayette, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| June 3 | Stan Musial hits his 300th HR |
| June 4 | "Mickey Rooney Show," TV comedy last airs on NBC |
| June 5 | Louise Suggs wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open |
| June 5 | New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 550' HR off Chicago Billy Pierce |
| June 6 | Bill Haley and Comets, "Rock Around the Clock" hits #1 |
| June 7 | 1st President to appear on color TV, Eisenhower |
| June 7 | "$64,000 Question" premieres on CBS TV |
| June 7 | India premier Nehru visit U.S.S.R. |
| June 8 | Dodgers option Tommy Lasorda to make room on roster for Sandy Koufax |
| June 9 | 100 degrees F - Hottest day in Seattle Washington |
| June 9 | Test Cricket debut of Ken Barrington, vs. South Africa, Trent Bridge |
| June 10 | 1st separation of virus into component parts reported |
| June 10 | KWEX TV channel 41 in San Antonio, Texas (IND) begins broadcasting |
| June 11 | 1st magnesium jet airplane flies |
| June 11 | 87th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Nashua wins in 2:29 |
| June 11 | Le Mans race car accident kills 83 spectators, race continues |
| June 12 | "Mr Peepers" (TV Comedy) starring Wally Cox airs for last time on NBC |
| June 13 | Mercedes racing car kills 77 at Le Mans, France |
| June 15 | Australia score 8-758 vs. West Indies at Kingston, their best ever |
| June 16 | Louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament |
| June 16 | Pope Pius XII ex-communicates Argentine President Juan Peron |
| June 18 | "3 for Tonight" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 85 performances |
| June 19 | 55th U.S. Golf Open: Jack Fleck shoots a 287 at Olympic CC in SF |
| June 19 | Mickey Mantle hits career HR # 100 |
| June 19 | Phils beat Cubs 1-0 in 15, ties longest shut out in Phillies history |
| June 20 | "Almost Crazy" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 16 performances |
| June 22 | Antonio Segni forms government in Italy |
| June 22 | U.S. air patrol plane shot down above Bering sea |
| June 23 | Walt Disney's "Lady and the Tramp" released |
| June 24 | Harmon Killebrew hits his 1st HR (off Billy Hoeff) |
| June 25 | "Can Can" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 892 performances |
| June 25 | "Imogene Coca Show," last airs on NBC-TV |
| June 26 | Actor Geoffrey Holder marries Carmen de Lavallade |
| June 26 | Freedom Charter signed in South Africa |
| June 26 | Patty Berg wins LPGA Western Golf Open |
| June 27 | 1st automobile seat belt legislation enacted, Illinois |
| June 27 | "Julius LaRosa Show," debuts on CBS-TV |
| June 29 | Argentine state of siege ends |
| June 30 | "Johnny Carson Show," debuts on CBS-TV |
| July 1 | 69th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Kurt Nielsen (63 75 61) |
| July 1 | KOTA TV channel 3 in Rapid City, SD (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting |
| July 2 | 10th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Fay Crocker |
| July 2 | 62nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats B Fleitz (75 86) |
| July 2 | "7th Heaven" closes at ANTA Theater New York City after 44 performances |
| July 2 | "Almost Crazy" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 16 performances |
| July 2 | Desmond Tutu marries Leah Nomalizo Shinxani |
| July 2 | "Lawrence Welk Show" premieres on ABC |
| July 5 | English harbor strike ends |
| July 7 | 1st LPGA Championship won by Beverly Hanson |
| July 9 | 1st black executive on White House staff, E. Frederic Morrow |
| July 9 | Bill Haley and Comets' "Rock Around the Clock" tops billboards chart |
| July 9 | "Rock Around Clock" hits #1 on Top 100 chart |
| July 9 | Strike in Belgium for 5 day work week |
| July 11 | Congress authorizes all U.S. currency to say "In God We Trust" |
| July 11 | New USAF Academy dedicated at Lowry AFB in Colorado with 300 cadets |
| July 12 | 22nd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 in 12 at County Stad, Milw |
| July 12 | Christian Democratic Party forms in Argentina |
| July 14 | 2 killed, many dazed when lightning strikes Ascott racetrack, England |
| July 15 | WNDU TV channel 16 in South Bend, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| July 16 | "Golden Horseshoe Revue" 1st of 50,000+ performances, Disneyland |
| July 17 | Arco, Idaho becomes 1st U.S. city lit by nuclear power |
| July 17 | Disneyland opens its doors in rural Orange County |
| July 18 | 1st electric power generated from atomic energy sold commercially |
| July 18 | 280 mm rain in Martinstown, Dorset, UK-record |
| July 19 | Balclutha ties up at Pier 43 and becomes a floating museum |
| July 19 | Yarkon Water Project opens to supply water to Negev desert in Israel |
| July 21 | 1st sub powered by liquid metal cooled reactor launched-Seawolf |
| July 22 | 1st Vice President to preside over cabinet meeting-R Nixon |
| July 22 | Phillies longest win streak since 1892 hits 11 |
| July 23 | New York Yankees Bob Cerv and E Howard are 1st to hit consecutive pinch home runs |
| July 24 | Ali Sastroamidjojo of Government resigns in Indonesia |
| July 24 | Betty Jameson/Mary Faulk wins Virg Hot Springs 4-Ball Golf Tournament |
| July 26 | 37th PGA Championship: Doug Ford at Meadowbrook CC Detroit |
| July 26 | Last day as Test Cricket umpire for Frank Chester |
| July 26 | Ted Allen throws a record 72 consecutive horseshoe ringers |
| July 27 | Austria regains full independence after 4-power occupation |
| July 27 | Bulgaria shoots down a plane heading for Israel (58 die) |
| July 27 | Israeli passenger plane shot down above Bulgaria, 58 die |
| July 29 | Smokey Burgess hits 3 home runs to help Pirates beat Reds 16-5 |
| July 29 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test |
| July 30 | Louison Bobet wins his 3rd Tour de France |
| July 31 | Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Battle Creek Golf Open |
| July 31 | KRNT (now KCCI) TV channel 8 in Des Moines, IA (CBS) 1st broadcast |
| July 31 | WHIS (now WVVA) TV channel 6 in Bluefield, WV (NBC) 1st broadcast |
| August 1 | 1st microgravity research begins |
| August 1 | Tengku Abdul Rahman forms Malacca government |
| August 1 | WILL TV channel 12 in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| August 2 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test |
| August 3 | Automobile Association of America ends support of auto racing |
| August 3 | Hurricane Connie begins pounding U.S. for 11 days |
| August 3 | Roger Moens runs world record 800 m (1:45.7) |
| August 4 | Eisenhower authorizes $46 million for construction of CIA headquarters |
| August 5 | After playing 274 straight games at 2nd base, Nellie Fox is given a day off he comes back next 798 consecutive games |
| August 7 | Bar-Ilan University founded in Israel |
| August 7 | KSTF TV channel 10 in Scottsbluff-Gering, NB (CBS/NBC) begins |
| August 8 | Fidel Castro forms "July 26th Movement" |
| August 8 | Geneva conference held to discuss peaceful uses of atomic energy |
| August 11 | Indonesia government of Harahap forms |
| August 12 | 22nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 30, Cleveland 27 (75,000) |
| August 12 | President Eisenhower raises minimum wage from 75 cents to $1 an hour |
| August 12 | WPBT TV channel 2 in Miami, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| August 13 | Larry Doby's ends AL record of 167 errorless games in outfield |
| August 15 | WXEX TV channel 8 in Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia (ABC) begins |
| August 16 | Fiat Motors orders 1st private atomic reactor |
| August 17 | Hurricane Diane, following hurricane Connie floods Connecticut River killing 190 and doing $1.8 billion damage |
| August 18 | 46.1 cm rainfall at Westfield, Massachusetts (state record) |
| August 18 | Hurricane Diane, kills 400 in US |
| August 18 | Sjukri al-Quwatli re-elected president of Syria |
| August 19 | 32.4 cm precipitation at Burlington, Connecticut (state record) |
| August 19 | Hurricane Diane kills 200 and 1st billion $ damage storm (N.E. U.S.) |
| August 19 | U.S. raises import duty on bicycles 50% |
| August 19 | WINS radio, announces it will not play "copy" white cover versions of R&B (DJs must play Fats Domino's "Ain't It A Shame," not Pat Boone's) |
| August 20 | 1st airplane to exceed 1800 mph (2897 kph)-HA Hanes, Palmdale, California |
| August 20 | Hundreds killed in anti-French rioting in Morocco and Algeria |
| August 23 | Betty Jameson wins LPGA White Mountain Golf Open |
| August 25 | Last Soviet forces leave Austria |
| August 26 | 1st color telecast (NBC) of a tennis match (Davis Cup) |
| August 27 | Guinness Book of World Records 1st published |
| August 27 | Sandy Koufax fans 14 Reds, both teams combine for record 23 strikeouts |
| August 28 | 1st NFL preseason sudden death football, Rams beats Giants 23-17 |
| August 28 | Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Tournament |
| August 31 | 1st microwave TV station operated (Lufkin, Texas) |
| August 31 | 1st solar automobile demonstrated, Chicago, Illinois |
| August 31 | KTRE TV channel 9 in Lufkin, Texas (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting |
| September 1 | 2 Egyptian fighters shot down over Israel |
| September 1 | KARD (now KSNW) TV channel 3 in Wichita, KS (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| September 2 | KCRA TV channel 3 in Sacramento, California (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| September 3 | KTBS TV channel 3 in Shreveport, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| September 5 | Fred Kaps becomes world champion magician |
| September 5 | Phillies Don Newcombe hits NL pitcher record 7th HR of season |
| September 5 | WKRG TV channel 5 in Mobile, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| September 5 | WTTW TV channel 11 in Chicago, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| September 6 | "Catch a Star" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 23 performances |
| September 6 | J van Tilburg appointed governor of Suriname |
| September 7 | Yankees Whitey Ford is 5th to throw consecutive 1-hitters, beats A's |
| September 8 | Earliest clinching of an NL pennant (Brooklyn Dodgers) |
| September 9 | Don Zimmer, hits 4,000th Dodger home run |
| September 9 | Louise Suggs wins LPGA St. Louis Golf Open |
| September 10 | "Gunsmoke" premieres on CBS TV |
| September 11 | 69th U.S. Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats Patricia Ward (64 62) |
| September 11 | 75th U.S. Mens Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Ken Rosewall beats (97 63 63) |
| September 11 | KTVT TV channel 11 in Fort Worth-Dallas, Texas (IND) begins broadcasting |
| September 12 | KNTV TV channel 11 in San Jose, California (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| September 14 | Herb Score sets rookie record of 235 strikeouts (en route 245) |
| September 15 | WCTV TV channel 6 in Tallahassee-Thomasville, Florida (CBS) begins |
| September 16 | Bauer and Berra homer in 9th beating Red Sox 5-4 taking over 1st |
| September 16 | U.S. Auto Club forms to oversee 4 major auto reacing categories |
| September 16 | Yankee Mickey Mantle pulls a hamstring muscle running out a bunt |
| September 17 | "Ankles Aweigh" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 176 performances |
| September 17 | Future Hall of Famer Oriole Brooks Robinson goes 2-4 in his 1st game |
| September 18 | Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Mile High Golf Open |
| September 18 | Willie Mays hits record tying 9th HR at Ebbets Field (ties Joe Adcock) |
| September 19 | Argentine president Juan Peron, resigns and flees |
| September 19 | Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits record 5th grand slam of season |
| September 19 | Hurricane Hilda, kills 200 in Mexico |
| September 20 | Willie Mays (Giants) homers off Vern Law (Pirates) in both ends of DH |
| September 20 | Willie Mays is 7th player to reach 50 home runs in a season |
| September 21 | Last allied occupying troops leave Austria |
| September 21 | Rocky Marciano KOs Archie Moore in 9 for heavyweight boxing title |
| September 21 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test |
| September 22 | Commercial TV begins in England |
| September 22 | Heavyweight champ Rocky Mariano KOs Archie Moore in 9 |
| September 22 | Hurricane Janet, kills 500 in Caribbean |
| September 23 | Pakistan signs Pact of Baghdad |
| September 23 | Yankees clinch pennant by beating Red Sox, 3-2 |
| September 24 | "Catch a Star" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 23 performances |
| September 24 | President Eisenhower suffers a heart attack on vacation in Denver |
| September 24 | Washington Senators lose their 99th and 100th games of season |
| September 25 | Detroit outfielder Al Kaline, 20, is youngest batting champ |
| September 25 | Patty Berg wins LPGA Clock Golf Open |
| September 26 | NY Stock Exchange worst price decline since 1929 |
| September 28 | 1st World Series color TV broadcast on NBC-TV (New York Yankees beat Dodgers) |
| September 28 | WITN TV channel 7 in Washington, North Carolina (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| September 29 | Ali Sastroamidjojo's PNI wins elections in Indonesia |
| September 29 | Arthur Millers "View From The Bridge," premieres in New York City |
| September 29 | "Sergeant Preston," debuts on CBS |
| October 1 | "Honeymooners" premieres |
| October 1 | Piet Lieftinck becomes director v/h IMF (World bank) |
| October 1 | WORA TV channel 5 in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico (TCI) begins broadcasting |
| October 2 | 9th NHL All-Star Game: Detroit beat All-Stars 3-1 at Detroit |
| October 2 | Actress Joyce Randolph marries publisher Richard Charles |
| October 2 | "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" premieres |
| October 2 | Chiva Stoica becomes premier of Romania |
| October 2 | WHTN (now WOWK) TV ch 13 in Huntington-Charleston, WV (CBS) begins |
| October 3 | "Captain Kangaroo" premieres on CBS-TV, Good Morning, Captain! |
| October 3 | Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira becomes President of Brazil |
| October 3 | "Mickey Mouse Club" premieres |
| October 3 | Soviet battleship "Novorossiisk" strikes WW II mine in Baltic Sea |
| October 3 | WDBJ TV channel 7 in Roanoke, Virginia (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| October 3 | WTVS TV channel 56 in Detroit, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| October 4 | Brooklyn Dodgers only World Series victory, beating Yankees in 7 |
| October 4 | Reverend Sun Young Moon leaves prison in Seoul |
| October 6 | LSD made illegal in U.S. |
| October 7 | Aircraft carrier USS Saratoga at Brooklyn launched |
| October 8 | Worlds most powerful aircraft carrier, USS Saratoga launched |
| October 9 | Betty Jameson wins LPGA Richmond Golf Open |
| October 11 | All Peron feast days disposed of in Argentina |
| October 11 | Persia signs Pact of Baghdad |
| October 12 | Hurricane Connie, kills 43 in NC, SC, Virginia and Maryland |
| October 12 | Hurricane Hazel, kills 68 in Haiti |
| October 13 | 1st edition of L'express publishes in Paris |
| October 17 | Lee Merriwether joins Today Show panel |
| October 18 | Track and Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athelete |
| October 18 | University of California discovers anti-proton |
| October 20 | Harry Belafonte records "Day-O" (Banana Boat Song) |
| October 20 | Ira Levin's "No Time for Sergeants," premieres in New York City |
| October 20 | "No Time for Sergeants" opens on Broadway, starring Andy Griffith |
| October 20 | Yankees begin 16-game exhibition in Japan |
| October 22 | WWNY TV channel 7 in Carthage-Watertown, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| October 23 | Dominican League moves to winter baseball for 1st time |
| October 25 | Austria resumed its sovereignty after departure of last Allied occupation forces, for 1st time since German occupation of 1938 |
| October 25 | Branch Rickey steps down as General Manager of the Pirates |
| October 25 | Tappan sells 1st microwave oven |
| October 26 | 1st edition of "Village Voice" (New York City) published |
| October 26 | British troops occupy Saudi-Arabic oil field at Boeraimi |
| October 26 | Ngo Dinh Diem proclaims Vietnam a republic with himself as president |
| October 27 | Argentine peso devalued |
| October 27 | Satomi Myodo, renews Zen nun vows and takes Buddhist name of Daien Myodo |
| October 28 | Egypt and Saudi-Arabia sign defense treaty |
| October 29 | Belgium signs accord for 5 day work week (45 hours) |
| October 29 | Emile Zatopek runs world record 15 mile (1:14:01) and 25,000m (1:16:36) |
| October 30 | Imtiaz Ahmed scores 209 vs. New Zealand, the record for a no 8 batsman |
| November 1 | Time bomb aboard United DC-6 kills 44 above Longmont Colorado |
| November 2 | Clarton-Schwerdt and Schaffer discover polio virus |
| November 2 | David Ben-Gurion forms Israeli government |
| November 3 | 1st virus crystallized (announced) |
| November 3 | Alabama woman bruised by a meteor |
| November 3 | Argentine ex-president Peron arrives in Nicaragua |
| November 3 | Australia takes control of Cocos Islands |
| November 3 | Bernardus J Alfrink installed as archbishop of Utrecht |
| November 5 | Mont Canadien Jean Beliveau scores 2nd fastest hat trick (44 seconds) |
| November 5 | New Vienna Opera house opens (Austria) |
| November 6 | 11th Ryder Cup: U.S., 8-4 at Thunderbird Ranch and CC California |
| November 6 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| November 9 | Michael Gazzo's "Hatful of Rain," premieres in New York City |
| November 9 | New Zealand all out for 70 vs. Pakistan at Dacca |
| November 9 | U.N. disapproves of South Africa's apartheid politics |
| November 10 | "Vamp" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 60 performances |
| November 12 | 1st West German officers sworn in |
| November 12 | Date returned to in "Back to the Future" and "Back to the Future II" |
| November 12 | E Arcaro, E Sande and G Woolf 1st inductees in Jockey hall of fame |
| November 13 | 1st live telecast from non-contiguous foreign country-Havana Cuba |
| November 13 | Argentine General Pedro Aramburu succeeds E Lonardi as president |
| November 15 | Poland and Yugoslavia sign trade agreement |
| November 16 | 1st speed-boat to exceed 200 mph (322 kph) (D M Campbell) |
| November 16 | Johnny Cash made his 1st chart appearance with "Cry Cry Cry" |
| November 16 | KLM orders 8 DC-8's |
| November 16 | Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Yussuph V returns to Morocco |
| November 18 | Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for 1st powered flight |
| November 19 | KXMB TV channel 12 in Bismarck, ND (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting |
| November 20 | Kripal Singh scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, India vs. New Zealand |
| November 20 | Polly Umrigar scores India's 1st Test Cricket double century, 223 vs. New Zealand |
| November 21 | Argentina asks Panama for return of ex-president Peron |
| November 21 | KTVO TV channel 3 in Ottumwa-Kirksville, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| November 22 | RCA Victor's best investment paying $25,000 to Sun Records and Sam Philips for rights to Elvis Presley, a truck driver from Tupelo Miss |
| November 22 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| November 23 | British transfer Cocos (Keeling) Is in Indian Ocean to Australia |
| November 24 | 1st test flight of Fokker's F-27 Friendship |
| November 25 | Race segregation forbidden on trains and buses between U.S. states |
| November 25 | Walter Piston's 6th Symphony, premieres |
| November 26 | 43rd CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 34-19 |
| November 26 | "Boy Friend" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 483 performances |
| November 26 | Emergency crisis proclaimed in Cyprus |
| November 26 | Johnny Cash debuts Top 10 country song "Cry! Cry! Cry!" |
| November 28 | KMVI (now WMAU) TV channel 12 in Wailuku, HI (IND) begins broadcasting |
| November 28 | KTHV TV channel 11 in Little Rock, AR (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| November 29 | Turkish government of Menderes resigns |
| November 30 | Argentine government disbands Peronistic party |
| November 30 | "Pipe Dream" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 245 performances |
| December 1 | Rosa Parks (black) arrested for refusing to move to the back of bus |
| December 3 | KTVE TV channel 10 in Monroe-El Dorado, LA (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| December 5 | AFL and CIO merge, with George Meany as president |
| December 5 | Historic bus boycott begins in Montgomery Alabama by Rosa Parks |
| December 6 | NY psychologist Joyce Brothers won "$64,000 Question" on boxing |
| December 7 | Clement Attlee resigns as chairman of England's Labour Party |
| December 8 | 21st Heisman Trophy Award: Howard Cassady, Ohio State (HB) |
| December 8 | Brooklyn catcher Roy Campanella wins his 3rd MVP Award |
| December 8 | Turkish government of Menderes forms |
| December 12 | 1st prototype of hovercraft patented by British engineer Christoper Cockerell |
| December 14 | Dutch Reformed Church condemns woman/wife as vicar |
| December 14 | Tappan Zee Bridge in New York opens to traffic |
| December 19 | Carl Perkins records "Blue Suede Shoes" |
| December 25 | Cleveland Browns win NFL championship |
| December 25 | Pope Pius XII encyclical on sacred music and popular music |
| December 26 | Cleveland Browns win NFL Championship, beating LA 38-14 |
| December 26 | RKO is 1st to announce sale of its film library to TV |
| December 28 | 44th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (5-0) |
| December 29 | Barbra Streisand's 1st recording "You'll Never Know" at age 13 |
| December 31 | "Vamp" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 60 performances |
