UWF Events

• The Board of Control meets in the San Carlos Hotel, voting to establish a new university in West Florida

World Events

• Russia installs missiles in Cuba
• 24th Amendment barring poll taxes passes in Congress
• First black student, James Meredith, admitted to University of Mississippi
• Space Needle built for Century 21 Exposition in Seattle
• Astronauts John Glenn and Scott Carpenter orbit Earth
• Microcomputer arrives
• Eleanor Roosevelt, Marilyn Monroe die
• John Steinbeck wins Nobel Prize
• Wigs, boots and the “twist” become popular
• Wilt Chamberlin scores 100 points in basketball game
• Nicklaus defeats Palmer in U.S. Open golf tournament