| | Capt. Gary Powers U-2 Spy Plane Shot Down Over Russia |
| | Israelis Kidnap Adolf Eichman from Argentina to Jerusalem |
| | Khrushchev at U.N . Pounds Shoe In Anger. |
| | John F. Kennedy Wins Democratic Nomination, Nixon wins GOP |
| | Kennedy Wins Presidency, Democrats Sweep Congress |
| | Two White Public Schools in New Orleans Are The First To Integrate. |
| | House Committee Looks Into "Payola" American Bandstand DJ Dick Clark Involved |
| | Alan Freedman Eight Arrested In Taking Radio Payola |
| | Soldiers stop riots at Newport Jazz Festival |
| | Enovil 10, first contraceptive pill sold for .50 cents each. |
| | Two airliners collide over Staten Island, 134 die. |
| | Howdy Doody show ends after 13 years |
| | Negro Sit-ins Integrate Lunch Counter In Greensboro North Carolina |
| | Floyd Patterson is first fighter to regain title by beating Ingemar Johanson |
| | Castro Nationalizes all American property |
| | Black runner Wilma Rudolph wins 3 Olympic gold medals |
| | Kennedy and Nixon meet in first televised Presidential debate |
| | Emily Post, Queen of etiquette dies |