Historical Events
Historic Publication
"On the Road" by Jack Kerouac is published by Viking Press in New York
Jack Kerouac
Event of Interest
Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista bombs an uprising in Cienfuegos
Fulgencio Batista
- Yugoslavia bans Milovan Djilas' book "new class marine officers"
Famous Birthdays
- Peter Winnen, Dutch bicycle road athlete, born in Ysselsteyn German war cemetery, Netherlands