The Everly Brothers making their second appearance on the Ed Sullivan
Show.
William Herz became the first person to race a motorcycle over 200 miles
per hour. He was clocked at 210 mph at the Bonneville Speedway, an area
of the Bonneville Salt Flats near Wendover, Utah,
The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard singles popularity chart
issued weekly by Billboard magazine. The first number-one song of the Hot
100 was "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson on August 4, 1958. As of the
current issue for the week ending August 10, 2013, the Hot 100 has had
1,027 different number-one hits.