Longtime editor of the "Jewish Spectator," Trude Weiss-Rosmarin, was born.

Suffragist Gertrude Weil became the first North Carolinian to graduate from Smith College.

The first independent meeting of the Mizrachi Women's Organization opened.

Ethel Rosenberg was executed alongside her husband, Julius Rosenberg.

Hilary Price became the youngest woman ever to have a syndicated daily cartoon strip when "Rhymes With Orange" appeared in national newspapers for the first time.

Comic actress Fanny Brice appeared in the Ziegfield Follies for the first time.

Human rights activist Felice Gaer addressed the United Nations Conference on Anti-Semitism.

Maxine Frank Singer, a leading biochemistry researcher and advocate of science education, was awarded the National Medal of Science.

Anna Halprin was awarded the Samuel H. Scripps/American Dance Festival Award for lifetime achievement in modern dance.