The last veteran of the American Civil War, Walter Williams, dies
Alaska and Hawaii become states
NASA selects 1st seven American astronauts
Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum
The Edsel discontinued
Phone booth packing craze
Barbie doll introduced
Ian Fleming's Goldfinger
Michener's Hawaii
Electrocardiographs
Internal pacemakers
Song and dance craze - "The Twist", by Chubby Checker
Broadway - "The Sound of Music"
Film - "Ben Hur"
TV show - "77 Sunset Strip", "The Untouchables", "Twilight Zone", "Bonanza"
John McEnroe born
Cecil B. DeMille, Buddy Holly, J.P. "Big Bopper" Richardson, Richie Valens,
Lou Costello, Raymond Chandler, Frank Lloyd Wright, Billie Holiday, Errol
Flynn, and Mario Lanza die
