Doctors at the University of Utah Medical Center performed the first implant of a permanent artificial heart in a human. Barney Clark lived 112 days with the device.
The Senate voted to condemn Republican senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute.".
LaGuardia Airport in New York City opens its doors. The airport was named after New York mayor Fiorello La Guardia. American Airlines was the first carrier to regularly provide passenger service.