Thu 3 |
Gemini 4 launched; 2nd US 2-man flight (McDivitt & White) |
Fri 4 |
Rolling Stones release
Satisfaction
|
Sat 5 |
Wooly Bully
by Sam the Sham & Pharaohs hits #2 |
Mon 7 |
Sony Corp introduced its home video tape recorder, priced at $995 |
Mon 7 |
Supreme Court rules 1879 Ct law ban of contraceptives
unconstitutional |
Mon 7 |
Gemini 4 completes 62 orbits |
Tue 8 |
US troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam |
Tue 8 |
USSR launches Luna 6; missed Moon |
Sat 12 |
Beatles are awarded MBE |
Sat 12 |
Big Bang theory of creation of universe is supported by
announcement |
Sat 12 |
Sonny & Cher make their 1st TV appearance, "American Bandstand" |
Sat 12 |
South Vietnam Gen Nguyen Cao Ky succeeds Phan Huy Quat as premier |
Sat 12 |
Discovery of celestial bodies known as blue galaxies |
Mon 14 |
Beatles release the album "Beatles VI" |
Mon 14 |
John Lennon's 2nd book "A Spaniard in the Works" is published |
Tue 15 |
South Africa begins economic boycott of Dutch products |
Tue 15 |
Bob Dylan records Like
a Rolling Stone |
Thu 17 |
1st bombing by B-52 (50 km north of Saigon) |
Thu 17 |
Kinks arrive in NYC beginning their 1st US tour |
Mon 28 |
1st US ground combat forces in Vietnam authorized by Pres
Johnson |
Tue 29 |
USAF Capt Joseph Henry Engle reaches 85,530 m in X-15 |