Dwight D. Eisenhower was President. Richard M. Nixon was Vice President. Elvis becomes world's first rock star. The Wizard of Oz has it's first airing on TV. Dear Abbey first appears. Mickey Mantle missed by 18" hitting the 1st HR out of Yankee Stadium. 650,000 US Steel workers go on strike. US Motto "In God We Trust" authorized. IBM introduces the first computer disk storage unit. Fidel Castro and his followers land in Cuba on the boat Granma. Lots of changes are ahead.