| | Adolf Eichman Goes To Trial In Jerusalem |
| | Russian Astronaut Yuri Gayarin First Man in Space Circles Globe. |
| | Anti-Castro Cubans Fail in Assault At Bay Of Pigs. |
| | First U.S. Manned Flight with Alan Shepard Stays in Space For 15 Minutes. |
| | East Germans Build Berlin Wall, Tensions Rise |
| | JFK Advises "Prudent Family" to Have Bomb Shelter. |
| | Hassan, 31 Is New King Of Marrocco |
| | First US Solid-Fuel Missile Is Launched |
| | Bay Of Pigs Landing Is Fiasco |
| | Castro Makes Cuba Socialist; Ends Vote |
| | Yo-Yo's become national craze |
| | Ray Krock opens 200 McDonalds in Southern California |
| | Earnst Hemingway dies of self-inflicted gunshot |
| | Dow Jones high of 734 low of 610 |
| | Kennedy creates the Peace Corps. |
| | X-15 rocket plane reached a record altitude of 31.25 miles |
| | Forty more "Dead Sea " scrolls are found in Palestine |
| | Author Ernest Hemingway commits suicide with shotgun |
| | Thousands flee East Germany before it is to late as Berlin Wall goes up |