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Mon 1 |
Martin Luther King Jr & 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma AL |
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Mon 1 |
Peter Jennings, 26, becomes anchor of ABC's nightly news |
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Wed 3 |
Orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636
km) |
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Wed 3 |
105 USAF cadets resigned for cheating on exams |
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Thu 4 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
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Sat 6 |
Righteous Bros.
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' hits #1 |
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Sun 7 |
Cassius Clay becomes a Muslim & adopts the name Muhammad Ali |
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Sun 7 |
George Harrison of the Beatles, has his tonsils removed |
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Sun 7 |
US begins regular bombing & strafing of North Vietnam |
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Mon 8 |
Eastern DC-7B crashes into Atlantic off Jones Beach NJ, kills 84 |
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Mon 8 |
Supremes release Stop In
the Name of Love |
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Thu 11 |
Beatle Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox |
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Thu 11 |
Braves propose to pay 5¢ from each ticket to bring a new team
to Milwaukee |
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Fri 12 |
Nuclear test at Pacific Ocean |
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Sat 13 |
Peggy Fleming, 16, wins ladies senior figure skating title |
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Mon 15 |
Canada replaces the Union Jack flag with the Maple Leaf |
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Mon 15 |
John Lennon passes his driving test |
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Tue 16 |
Pegasus 1 launched to detect micro-meteors |
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Wed 17 |
US Ranger 8 launched, will transmit 7,137 lunar pictures |
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Thu 18 |
27 copper miners die in avalanche, Granduc Mountain British
Columbia |
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Thu 18 |
Frank Gifford announces his retirement from football for
broadcasting |
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Fri 19 |
NFL adds 6th official |
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Sat 20 |
Beatles record That
Means a Lot |
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Sat 20 |
Ranger 8 makes hard landing on the Moon, returns photos, other
data |
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Mon 22 |
USSR launches Kosmos 57 into earth orbit (Voskhod Test) |
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Tue 23 |
Constance Baker Motley elected Manhattan Borough president |
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Wed 24 |
Beatles begin filming "Help" in the Bahamas |
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Fri 26 |
West Germany ceases military aid to Tanzania |
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Sat 27 |
France performs Underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria |
