James Meredith became the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty is Signed.
Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous communications satellite is launched.
The United States Postal Service introduced ZIP codes for US mail.
U.S. President John F. Kennedy holds his iconic 'Ich bin ein Berliner' speech.
The 'Red Telephone' is instituted.
The TIROS-7 meteorological satellite was launched atop a Thor-Delta rocket.
The US Supreme Court decided that public schools aren't allowed to study the bible or pray.
Alabama Governor George Wallace stood in front of the schoolhouse door, refusing entry to two African American students.
The US signed the Equal Pay Act to reduce the difference in pay between sexes.
Martin Luther King's Letter from Birmingham Jail is published.
Despite running out of oxygen, Jim Whittaker became the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
Martin Luther King Jr. writes 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail'.
President John F. Kennedy granted Winston Churchill the first-ever honorary US citizenship.
Martin Luther King started his first of many non-violent demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, US.
Alcatraz prison in San Francisco Bay closed its gates for good.
'Lawrence of Arabia' film directed by David Lean, was released in the United States.
The Mariner 2 space probe completed the first-ever flyby of Venus.
NASA launched the first-ever active repeater communications satellite.
The Cuban Missile Crisis Ended.
The Cuban Missile Crisis began.
The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opened in New York City.
Singer Bob Dylan played at New York's famous Carnegie Hall.
American department store Kohl's opened their first store in Brookfield, Wisconsin.
NASA Launches Mariner 2.
Martin Luther King Jr. was jailed while performing a public prayer at the city hall in Albany, Georgia, US.
The Mariner 1 Space Probe was forced to self-destruct minutes after launching.
Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested for a demonstration he was involved in during December 1961.
NASA launched Telstar 1, the world's first active communications satellite.
Andy Warhol presented his artwork for the first time at the Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, US.
The first Walmart store opened in Rogers, Arkansas.
President John F. Kennedy gained an honorary degree from Yale University.
Twelve doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston performed the first successful reattachment of a human limb – it was the severed arm of a boy.
NASA's Atlas-Centaur rocket exploded mid-air during its first test flight.
Glen Bell opened the very first Taco Bell restaurant, in Downey, California.
John Glenn became the first American to orbit planet Earth.
Francis Gary Powers, a U.S. spy captured by the Soviet Union, is released.
The Ranger 3 robotic spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
New York City modernized its subway by starting its first unmanned trains.
NASA's Saturn I rocket was tested for the first time in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.
Boeing CH-47 Chinook takes flight for the first time.
US President John F. Kennedy addressed Congress and promised to put a man on the moon within a decade.
Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to outer space.
NASA launched the Explorer 11 satellite atop a Juno II rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The 23rd Amendment was ratified, allowing residents of Washington, DC to vote in US elections.
President John F. Kennedy founded the Peace Corps.
NASA's Explorer 9 satellite launched from the Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia.
Sabena Flight 458 crashed, killing the entire US Figure Skating team.
A chimpanzee named Ham became the first primate to go to space aboard the US MR-2 spacecraft.
A B-52 bomber carrying two nuclear bombs broke up mid-air over North Carolina.
