| | Kennedy Orders Blockade of Cuba to Prevent Soviet Missile Deployment |
| | John Glen First American to Orbit Earth, 3 Revolutions |
| | 130 Die in Paris as Boeing 707 Crashes |
| | Federal Troops Go To U. of Mississippi To Register First Black, James Meredith |
| | Marilyn Monroe Dies of Over Dose |
| | Two OF The Fling Wallendas Killed During High Wire Act In Detroit |
| | Peter O'Toole To Star In Lawrence Of Arabia |
| | U-2 Pilot Gary Powers Traded For Spymaster Rudolf Abel |
| | JFK Orders Total Ban On Cuban Products |
| | Adolf Eichman Hanged in Jerusalem |
| | Author William Faulkner dies. |
| | Mariner II is first interplanetary probe, goes around Venus |
| | My Fair Lady, Longest running musical closes after 2,717 performances |
| | Diet Right and Tab make there first appearance. |
| | Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points In one game |
| | Conservatives hold rally for Goldwater |
| | Cuba sentences Bay of Pigs invaders, asks for ransom |
| | Kennedy gets steel companies to roll back prices |