Time Magazine’s Person of the Year - John Foster Dulles

Academy Award for Best Picture - On the Waterfront

Britain Sponsors an Expedition to Search for the Abominable Snowman

First Atomic Submarine Launched

Report Says Cigarettes Cause Cancer

Roger Bannister Breaks the Four-Minute Mile

Segregation Ruled Illegal in U.S.

Top Selling Song: "Rock Around The Clock"  (Bill Haley And His Comets)