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Thu 1 |
Syncom 3, 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, passes from |
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Sat 3 |
1st atomic powered spacecraft (snap) launched |
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Mon 5 |
37th Academy Awards -
My Fair Lady, Rex Harrison & J Andrews
win |
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Mon 5 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
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Mon 5 |
Lava Lamp Day celebrated |
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Tue 6 |
Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") 1st commercial geosynchronous communications satellite |
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Fri 9 |
Mickey Mantle hits 1st indoor homerun |
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Fri 9 |
1st game at Astrodome, Houston beats Yankees 2-1 in exhibition |
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Fri 9 |
Beatles Ticket to Ride
is released in UK |
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Fri 9 |
India & Pakistan engage in border fight |
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Sun 11 |
40 tornadoes strike US midwest killing 272 & injuring 5,000 |
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Sun 11 |
Jack Nicklaus scores a record 271 in his 2nd Masters win |
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Tue 13 |
Beatles record Help |
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Tue 13 |
Lawrence Bradford Jr, 16 of NYC became 1st black congressional
page |
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Wed 14 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
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Fri 16 |
Test flight of heavy Saturn S-1C-rocket |
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Mon 19 |
Because of sun's glare, this causes the grass to die |
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Tue 20 |
People's Republic China offers North Vietnam military aid |
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Fri 23 |
Launch of 1st Soviet communications satellite |
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Tue 27 |
RC Duncan patents "Pampers" disposable diaper |
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Wed 28 |
Richard
Helms replaces Marshall S Carter as deputy director of CIA |
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Wed 28 |
William F Raborn Jr replaces John A McCone as 7th head of CIA |
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Wed 28 |
Barbra Striesand stars on "My Name is Barbra" special on CBS |
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Wed 28 |
US marines invade Dominican Republic, stay until October 1966 |
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Thu 29 |
Australian govt announces it would send troops to Vietnam |
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Thu 29 |
Earthquake hits Seattle; 5 die |
