The US tanker ship Phoenix collided with the Pan Massachusetts in the Delaware River near Delaware City, Delaware. The Phoenix sank, while both ships caught fire and were lost.[19]
In the United States, CIA Technical Services Staff head Sidney Gottlieb approved the use of LSD in an MKUltra subproject.
Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: A tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hit Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, killing 94.
A boiler explosion occurred on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's 2-6-6-6 engine, "Allegheny", number 1642. Three crew members were killed by the blast, which was blamed on a faulty component.[24]
Lightning struck Aeroflot Flight 229, an Ilyushin Il-12, during a domestic flight in the Soviet Union. The aircraft entered an uncontrolled dive and lost its outer wing panels when the crew attempted to recover. The aircraft crashed into a wooded hillside northeast of Zugdidi in the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic and caught fire, killing all 18 people on board.[32]
Tachikawa air disaster: A United States Air Force Douglas C-124 Globemaster II crashed just after takeoff from Tachikawa Airfield near Tokyo, Japan, killing all 129 people on board in the worst air crash in history at this time and the first with a confirmed death toll exceeding 100.[40]
The Government of Nepal hosted a reception for members of the Mount Everest expedition, at which Tenzing Norgay was presented with a prize of ten thousand rupees, while Edmund Hillary and John Hunt were given jewelled kukri and others jewelled caskets. The Government of India announced the creation of a new Gold Medal for civilian gallantry, of which Hunt, Hillary and Tenzing were to be the first recipients.[53]
Born:Cyndi Lauper, American singer, songwriter, and actress, in New York City[54]
Ahmet Ertegun of Atlantic Records brought together the first line-up of the US singing group that later became The Drifters. After a recording session in New York City, he asked lead singer Clyde McPhatter to put together a different backing group.[68]
Airey Neave, the first British prisoner-of-war to escape from Colditz Castle during World War II, was elected as a Conservative MP at the Abingdon by-election, brought about by the elevation to the peerage of his predecessor, Ralph Glyn.[71]
Died:Elsa Beskow, 79, Swedish author and illustrator of children's books[72]
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