NBA: Rocester Royals
NCAA Football: Tennessee
Heisman Trophy: Richard Kazmaler
Stanley Cup: Montreal
US Open Golf: Ben Hogan Score: 287 Course: Merion Golf Club Location: Ardmore, PA
World Cup: Uruguay vs. Brazil Score: 2-1
World Series: New York Yankees vs. Philadelphia Phillies Series: 4-0
Top Movies
1. David and Bathsheba
2. Showboat
3. An American in Paris
4. The Great Caruso
5. A Streetcar Named Desire
6. Born Yesterday
7. That's My Boy
8. A Place in the Sun
9. At War with the Army
10. Father's Little Dividend
Academy Awards
Best Picture: "An American in Paris"
Best Director:George Stevens..."A Place in the Sun"
Best Actor:Humphery Bogart..."The African Queen"
Best Actress: Vivien Leigh..."A Streetcar Named Desire"
Emmy Awards
Dramatic Show: Studio One
Comedy Show: Red Skeleton Show
Variety Show: Your Show of Shows
Tony Awards
Best Play: "The Fourposter"...Jan de Hartog Best Musical: "The King and I"
Best Actor in a play: Jose Ferrer..."The Shrike"
Best Actress:Phil Silvers..."Top Banana"
Best Actress in a Musical :Gertrude Lawrence..."The King and I"
Nobel Prize
Chemistry
The prize was awarded jointly to:
McMILLAN, EDWIN MATTISON, U.S.A., University of California, Berkeley, CA, b. 1907, d. 1991; and
SEABORG, GLENN THEODORE, U.S.A., University of California, Berkeley, CA, b. 1912, d. 1999:
"for their discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements"
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Literature
LAGERKVIST, PÄR FABIAN, Sweden, b. 1891, d. 1974:
"for the artistic vigour and true independence of mind with which he
endeavours in his poetry to find answers to the eternal questions
confronting mankind"
LÉON JOUHAUX , France, President of the trade union C.G.T. Force Ouvrière. President of the International Committee of the European Council, Vice President of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, Vice President of the World Federation of Trade Unions, member of the ILO Council, delegate to the UN.
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Physiology or Medicine
THEILER, MAX, Union of South Africa, Laboratories Division of Medicine and
Public Health, Rockefeller Foundation, New York, NY, U.S.A., b. 1899, d.
1972:
"for his discoveries concerning yellow fever and how to combat it"
COCKCROFT, Sir JOHN DOUGLAS, Great Britain, Atomic Energy Research
Establishment, Harwell, Didcot, Berks., b. 1897, d. 1967; and
WALTON, ERNEST THOMAS SINTON, Ireland, Dublin University, b. 1903, d. 1995:
"for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by
artificially accelerated atomic particles"
Pulitzer Prizes
Drama: Richard Rodgers..."Oscar Hammerstein"
Fiction: A.B. Guthrie Jr. ..."The Way West"
History: Oliver W. Larkin... "Art and Life in America"
International Reporting: Edmund Stevens... "Christian Science Monitor"
National Reporting: Edwin O. Guthman..."Seattle Times"
Public Service: "Chicago Daily News"
Most Popular Books
Fiction
1."From Here to Eternity" ...James Jones. Scribner
2."The Caine Mutiny"...Herman Wouk. Doubleday
3."Moses"... Sholem Asch. Putnam
4."The Cardinal"...Henry Morton Robinson. Simon & Schuster
5."A Woman Called Fancy"...Frank Yerby. Dial Press
6."The Cruel Sea"...Nicholas Monsarrat. Knopf
7."Melville Goodwin, U.S.A." ...John P. Marquand. Little, Brown
8."Return to Paradise"... James A. Michener. Random House
9."The Foundling"...Cardinal Spellman. Scribner
10. "The Wanderer"...Mika Waltari. Putnam
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Nonfiction
1."Look Younger, Live Longer"...Gayelord Hauser. Farrar, Straus & Young
2."Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book"... McGraw-Hill
3."Washington Confidential"... Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer. Crown
4."Better Homes and Gardens Garden Book"... Meredith
5."Better Homes and Gardens Handyman's Book "...Meredith
6."The Sea Around Us"...Rachel L. Carson. Oxford University Press
7."Thorndike-Barnhart Comprehensive Desk Dictionary"... ed. by
Clarence L. Barnhart. Doubleday
8."Pogo"...Walt Kelly. Simon & Schuster
9."Kon-Tiki"...Thor Heyerdahl. Rand McNally
10. "The New Yorker Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Album"... Harper
Most Popular Television Shows
1. Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts (CBS)
2. Texaco Star Theater (NBC)
3. I Love Lucy (CBS)
4. The Red Skelton Show (NBC)
5. The Colgate Comedy Hour (NBC)
6. Arthur Godfrey and His Friends (CBS)
7. Fireside Theater (NBC)
8. Your Show of Shows (NBC)
9. The Jack Benny Show (CBS)
10. You Bet Your Life (NBC)
