Ernest Hemingway is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for "The Old Man and the Sea." Maybe today a more appropriate title would be "The Bold Man and the Sea"!

Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. becomes America's first space traveler as he makes a 15-minute suborbital flight in a capsule launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla. But he is NOT the first American in space. Find out who was by clicking here!

Roger Bannister becomes the first athlete to run a mile in less than four minutes, finishing in 3 minutes 59.4 seconds at a track meet in Oxford, England.

Ten weeks after entering the Billboard singles chart, The Eagles' "Hotel California" becomes the band's fourth No. 1 hit. It peaks at No. 8 in the UK.

Bob Dylan's concerts at London's Wembley Arena sell out 90,000 tickets in less than eight hours.

Howard Carter, the British archaeologist who at the age of 48 discovers the Egyptian tomb of King Tutankhamen, is born.

President Woodrow Wilson issues a proclamation establishing a national day honoring mothers. Anna Jarvis came up with the idea as a lasting tribute to her mother. Don't forget yours!

Bruce Springsteen performs a concert in Cambridge, Mass., that prompts rock critic Jon Landau to write, "I saw rock and roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen."