Historical Events
NBA All-Star Game
13th NBA All-Star Game, LA Memorial Sports Arena: East beats West, 115-108; MVP: Bill Russell, Boston Celtics, C
Bill Russell
Event of Interest
Khrushchev claims to have a 100-megaton nuclear bomb
Nikita Khrushchev
- Los Angeles night club and music venue The Whiskey A-Go-Go opens (inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2006)
Event of Interest
Tennessee Williams' "Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore" premieres
Tennessee Williams
Famous Birthdays
- James May, English television presenter
Famous Deaths
- Gilardo Gilardi, Argentine composer, pianist and conductor (La leyenda del urutaú, Réquiem, Misa de Gloria), dies at 73
- Ike Quebec, American tenor-saxophone player, dies of cancer at 44