A vaccine for yellow fever is announced for use on humans.

In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges Meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap in the only documented case of a human being hit by a rock from space.

Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at convert 102800, setting three records that still stand today: High-altitude jump, free-fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.

Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space, in Vostok 3KA-2 (Vostok 1). thumb to travel into outer space: Yuri Gagarin]]

Apollo program: Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean land at Oceanus Procellarum (the "Ocean of Storms") and become the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon.

Human evolution: The journal Nature reports that 350,000-year-old footprints of an upright-walking human have been found in Italy.