UWF Events

• Farris Bryant begins first year as governor
• John C. Pace was appointed to Board of Control

World Events

• U.S. breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba
• Berlin Wall constructed
• Cuba invaded at Bay of Pigs
• Americans construct fallout shelters
• Peace Corps announced
• “Freedom riders” attacked in Birmingham
• Project Mercury sends first American, Alan Shepard, into space
• Birth control endorsed by National Council of Churches
• Minimum wage set at $1.25/hr
• Jimmy Hoffa elected president of Teamsters
• FCC chairman Newton Minow denounces TV as a “vast wasteland”
• Ernest Hemingway, Ty Cobb die
• Yankee slugger Roger Maris hits 61 homers to break Babe Ruth’s season record