9th » Turkish voters approve the Turkish Constitution of 1961 in a referendum.
12th » Pune floods due to failure of the Khadakwasla Dam e.g Khadakwasla and Panshet Dam named Panshet dams. Half of Pune is submerged, more than 100,000 families need to be relocated and the death toll exceeds 2,000.
19th » Tunisia Bizerte crisis or imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later.
20th » Military of France called French military forces break the Tunisian Bizerte crisis named siege of Bizerte.
21st » Project Mercury or Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 4 Mission Gus Grissom piloting' Mercury-Redstone 4 e.g Liberty Bell 7' becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission).
23rd » The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua.
25th » In a speech John F. Kennedy emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO.
31st » At Fenway Park in Boston known as Boston, Massachusetts, the first Major League Baseball All-Star Game or All-Star Game tie in Major League Baseball history occurs when the game is stopped in the 9th inning because of rain.
1st » Michelle Wright, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
2nd » Clark Kellogg, American basketball player and sportscaster
2nd » Samy Naceri, French actor
3rd » Pedro Romeiras, Portuguese dancer and choreographer
3rd » Tim Smith (musician) or Tim Smith, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer (Cardiacs, The Sea Nymphs (band) named The Sea Nymphs, Spratleys Japs, and Panixphere)
4th » Richard Garriott, English-American video game designer, created the Ultima (series) or Ultima series