The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth.
The first extensive TV Interview with Martin Luther King on The Open Mind "The New Negro"
In Italy makes its debut on the market, the Fiat 500.
Castro guerrillas attacked a police garrison at the mouth of the river La Plata, in the Sierra Maestra. It is the first military victory of the rebels.
The first edition of Jack Kerouac's On the Road goes on sale.
Born between the mountains of Mexico Subcomandante Marcos, Mexican revolutionary, spokesman of EZLN
The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2, with the first animal to orbit the Earth (a dog named Laika) on board.
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