The B-45 Tornado strategic bomber flies for the first time.

During the Despenser Wars, The Battle of Boroughbridge take place.

My Fair Lady begin on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre.

World Maths Day is celebrated for the first time.

Sixteen school children and one teacher are killed in Dunblane, Scotland by Thomas Hamilton who then commits suicide.

The St. Francis Dam in California fails. The floods kill over 600 people.

The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England, UK.

Astronomers discover the rings around the planet Uranus.

The Barbie doll makes is first shown at the American International Toy Fair in New York.

Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France.