Timeline

Jan 2	Soviet Union launches Luna 1 spacecraft
Jan 7	US recognises Cuban Government of Fidel Castro
Jan 8	de Gaulle inaugurated as 1st president of 5th Republic
Jan 12	Caves of Nerja discovered in Spain
Feb 1	A referendum in Switzerland rejects female suffrage
Feb 3	Buddy Holly killed in plane crash
Feb 18	Women in Nepal vote for the first time.
Feb 19	UK grants independence to Cyprus.
Feb 26	Author Walter Mene throws acid on a Rubens in Munich
Mar 3	Ho Chi Minh declares a People's War to unite Vietnam.
Mar 9	The Barbie doll debuts
Mar 10	Tibetan uprising erupts against Chinese occupation
Mar 26	Raymond Chandler (b. 1888) dies
May 28	Two monkeys successfully return to Earth from space
Mar 29	"Some Like it Hot" with Marilyn Monroe premieres
Jun 23	Convicted spy Klaus Fuchs released after 9 years in prison
Jul 8	First Americans killed in action in Vietnam.
Jul 17	The first skull of Australopithecus discovered in Tanzania
Jul 17	Billie Holiday (b. 1915) dies
Aug 17	Columbia Records releases Miles Davis' Kind of Blue
Aug 26	The original Mini is launched.
Sep 14	Luna 2 is the first man-made object to crash on the Moon
Oct 15	First Episode of "The Untouchables" airs on ABC
Nov 2	The first section of the M1 motorway opens
Nov 17	'Battle of the Five Spot' begins
Nov 19	Ford cancels the Edsel
Dec 1	1st colour photograph of Earth from outer space