Korean War ended

Josef Stalin died

Dwight D. Eisenhower was the president

Sir Edmund Hillary successfully climbed Mount Everest

Surgeon General reported that smoking is a cause of lung cancer

Julius and Ethel Rosenburg were executed on false charges of espionage

Harry Truman announced that the United States had successfully developed the hydrogen bomb

First Corvette was made

First issue of Playboy was published

First color television set went on sale for $1,175