1st » NASA is created to replace National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics named NACA.
2nd » Guinea declares its independence from France.
4th » French Fifth Republic named Fifth Republic of France is established.
7th » President of Pakistan Iskander Mirza, with the support of General Ayub Khan (Field Marshal) named Ayub Khan and the army, suspends the 1956 constitution, imposes martial law, and cancels the elections scheduled for January 1959.
7th » The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.
11th » Pioneer program: NASA launches the lunar probe Pioneer 1 (the probe falls back to Earth and burns up).
14th » The American U.S. Atomic Energy Commission named Atomic Energy Commission, with supporting military units, carries out an underground nuclear weapon test at the Nevada Test Site, just north of Las Vegas, Nevada.
23rd » Springhill Mining Disaster or The Springhill Mine Bump An underground earthquake traps 174 miners in the No. 2 colliery at Springhill, Nova Scotia called Springhill, Nova Scotia, the deepest coal mine in North America at the time. By November 1, rescuers
23rd » The Smurfs, a fictional race of blue dwarves, later popularized in a The Smurfs (1981 TV series) called Hanna-Barbera animated cartoon series, appear for the first time in the story 'La flute à six schtroumpfs', a 'Johan and Peewit' adventure by Peyo, whi
26th » Pan American World Airways or Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris, France.
1st » Martin Cooper (musician) e.g Martin Cooper, English saxophonist, composer, and painter (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and Godot (band) named Godot)
1st » Masato Nakamura, Japanese bass player and producer (Dreams Come True (band) named Dreams Come True)
2nd » Robbie Nevil, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
2nd » Wayne Toups, American singer-songwriter and accordion player
3rd » Louise Lecavalier, Canadian dancer and choreographer