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USAF Thor flight tested for the first time from a tactical-type launcher at Cape Canaveral .

President Eisenhower appointed Detlev W. Bronk, president of the National Academy of Sciences; William A. AL Burden; James H. Doolittle; and Alan T. Waterman, Director of the NSF, to the National Aeronautics and Space Council. Additionally, the Space Council including the Administrator of NASA, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the Chairman of the AEC as statutory members.

Vandenberg AFB , first operational ICBM base in free world, was dedicated. Jet transatlantic passenger service inaugurated by British Overseas Airways.

Record balloon flight by Capt. H. C. Gray (AAC) reached 42,470 feet over Scott Field, 111.. but he was forced to bail out successfully so that record was not official.

Daniel Guggenheim Gold Medal for 1932 awarded to Juan de la Cierva for development of the autogiro.

Third Symposium on Space Travel conducted at American Museum, Hayden Planetarium, New York. Harry Wexler of the Weather Bureau presented a proposal for a meteorological satellite program.

Arthur C. Clarke delivers lecture "Lunar Topography" to members of the BIS at the Mason's Arms pub in Maddox Street London. '' Bulletin of the BIS ''

On this day Arthur C. Clarke gave a live explanation of the Fourth Dimension on BBC television.

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