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Sat 1 |
USSR launches Luna 5; later impacts on Moon |
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Sun 2 |
Early Bird satellite goes into commercial service |
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Mon 3 |
1st use of satellite TV, Today Show on the Early Bird Satellite |
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Mon 3 |
Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with the US |
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Tue 4 |
Willie Mays 512th homerun breaks Mel Ott's 511th National League
record homerun |
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Wed 5 |
1st large-scale US Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam |
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Sun 9 |
Beatles attend a Bob Dylan concert |
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Sun 9 |
Luna 5 launched (USSR) 1st attempt to soft land on Moon
(fails) |
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Tue 11 |
Ellis Island added to Statue of Liberty National monument |
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Tue 11 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk
USSR |
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Wed 12 |
Israel & West Germany exchange letters beginning diplomatic
relations |
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Thu 13 |
Rolling Stones record Satisfaction
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Fri 14 |
2nd Chinese atom bomb explodes |
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Fri 14 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
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Sun 16 |
Baltimore Oriole Jim Palmer's pitching debut, beats Yankees 7-5 &
homers |
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Sun 16 |
Bomb destroys USAF base Bien Hoa South Vietnam |
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Sun 16 |
Spaghetti-O's 1st sold |
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Tue 18 |
Gene Roddenberry suggests 16 names including Kirk for Star
Trek Captain |
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Wed 19 |
Patricia R Harris named 1st US black female ambassador
(Luxembourg) |
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Thu 20 |
Pakistani Boeing 720-B crashes at Cairo Egypt, killing 121 |
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Sat 22 |
"Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious" hits #66 |
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Sat 22 |
Beatles' Ticket
to Ride single goes #1 |
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Mon 24 |
Communist propaganda is unconstitutional |
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Tue 25 |
India & Pakistan border fights |
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Tue 25 |
Muhammad Ali KOs Sonny Liston in 1st round for heavyweight boxing
title |
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Sat 29 |
Phillies Dick Allen hits 529' homerun out of Connie Mack Stadium |
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Sun 30 |
Viet Cong offensive against US base Da Nang, begins |
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Sun 30 |
Vivian Malone, is 1st black to graduate from University of
Alabama |
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Mon 31 |
Jim Clark becomes 1st foreigner in 49 years to win
Indianapolis 500 |
