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| Administrative Assistant Rumsfeld, Donald Henry | |
| Ohio Appointed as Administrative Assistant to David S. Dennison Jr., a Congress man representing the 11th district of Ohio |
| Court Martial Oswald Oswald, Lee Harvey | |
| Nov Atsugi Air Base Oswald shoots himself with a derringer & is Court-martialed |
| Education of Oswald Oswald, Lee Harvey | |
| Oswald qualifies as an Aviation Electronics Operator |
| Atsugi Air Base Oswald is posted to the Atsugi Air Base in Japan |
| Enlistment Oswald Oswald, Lee Harvey | |
| 18th Mar Jacksonville Reports to the Naval Air Technical Training Center |
| May Biloxi Reports to Keesler AFB |
| July El Toro Reports to the Marine Corps Air Station |
| Sep Atsugi Air Base Reports to Marine Air Control Squadron No. 1 |
| Government Dulles, John Foster | |
| 5th Jan Washington Chief architect of the Eisenhower Doctrine |
| 5th Jan Washington Issues a statement to protect Middle East countries from Communism |
| 9th Mar Washington The Eisenhower Doctrine is supported by a Congress ional resolution |
| Government Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| Washington Fills up the vacuum in the Middle East created by the British withdrawal |
| Washington Gives assurances of military assistance in the event of Communist attack |
| Washington Meats MacMillan at Bermuda who agrees to base 60 Thor missiles on British soil |
| Mar Washington The Doctrine is approved by Congress & signed by Eisenhower |
| Harvard Universityr Kissinger, Henry Alfred | |
| Harvard Appointed Associate Director of Harvard University |
| Marriage of Hughes, Howard Hughes, Howard | |
| 1st June Howard Hughes marries Jean Peters |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| Appointed Member of the Foreign Relations Committee |
| Oscar Brynner, Yul | |
| Winner of the best male actor for "The King & I" |
| Publication of Agee Agee, James | |
| Publication of, "A Death In the Family", wins the Pulitzer Prize |
| Publication of Kerouac Kerouac, Jack | |
| Publication of, "On the Road" |
| Pulitzer Prize Kennedy Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| Washington Winner of the Pullitzer Prize for "Profiles In Courage" |
| Southern Christian Leadership Conference King, Martin Luther | |
| King helps found Southern Chris tian Leadership Conference (SCLC), reated to harness the moral authority and organizing power of black churches to conduct non-violent protests in the service of civil rights reform |
| King is an adherent of the philosophies of nonviolent civil disobedience used successfully in India by Mohandas "Mahatma" Gandhi, and applies this philosophy to the protests organized by the SCLC |