Today, on 20 September in Elvis History

The Presley family was accepted into the Memphis Housing Authority's Lauderdale Courts. This was just around the corner of the house they were living in. They had to pay $35 a month for a 2 bedroom, first floor apartment at 185 Winchester Street.

Elvis performed at the Danville Fairgrounds, Danville, Virginia.

Elvis appeared on Memphis television station WKNO to promote traffic safety and driver education.

While Elvis was on the troop train bound for New York, several friends caught up with the train in Memphis, during refuelling. Elvis was introduced to a pretty girl from Mississippi, Jane Wilbanks, whom he soon called from Germany.