Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)
Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s - 1950s - 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
Years: 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 - 1957 - 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
Births
- Osama bin Laden, terrorist
Deaths
- January 14 - Humphrey Bogart, actor
- John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician
Events
- March 25 - Treaty of Rome establishes the European Economic Community (EEC); see EU
- International Geophysical Year
- October 4 - launch of Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
- November 1 -- Michigan's Mackinac Bridge opened.
- Physics - Chen Ning Yang, - Tsung-Dao Lee
- Chemistry- Lord Alexander R Todd
- Medicine - Daniel Bovet
- Literature - Albert Camus
- Peace - Lester Bowles Pearson