1st » Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jacques Plante wears a protective mask for the first time in an NHL game.
1st » In Rwanda, Hutu politician Dominique Mbonyumutwa is beaten up by Tutsi forces, leading to a period of violence known as the wind of destruction.
2nd » Quiz show scandals: 'Twenty One (game show) e.g Twenty One' game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congress of the United States named Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.
2nd » The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway (Great Britain) named M10 motorway and M45 motorway.
19th » The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel.
21st » American disc jockey Alan Freed, who had popularized the term "rock and roll" and music of that style, is fired from WABC (AM) named WABC-AM radio for refusing to deny allegations that he had participated in the payola scandal.
23rd » President of France called French President Charles de Gaulle declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for "European integration named Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals".