February 25 - The 26th Constitutional Amendment is passed, declaring no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.
April 5 - Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are sentenced to death for giving top secret information on nuclear weapons to the Soviet Union.
August 11 - A flood from the Mississippi River covers more than 100,000 acres in Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Illinois.
August 27 - Del Wilber of the Philadelphia Phillies is the only player to account for all of the runs in a 3-0 game.
October 25 - Color television is introduced in the U.S.
November 9 - The first dial telephone coast-to-coast service without the aid of an operator takes place from Englewood, New Jersey to Alameda, California.
December 24 - The opera Amahl and the Night Visitors is broadcast by the National Broadcasting Corporation.
