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Thu 3: |
US attorney general Robert Kennedy resigns |
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Thu 3: |
Wilderness Act signed
into law by President Lyndon B Johnson |
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Fri 4: |
Longest bridge in Europe opens (Scottish 4th Road Bridge) |
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Fri 4: |
Eduardo Frei elected president of Chile |
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Fri 4: |
NASA launches its 1st
Orbital Geophysical Observatory (OGO-1) |
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Thu 10 |
Palestinian Liberation Army (PLA) forms |
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Thu 10 |
Rod Steward records his
1st single "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" |
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Fri 11 |
George Harrison forms Mornyork Ltd music publishing company |
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Sat 12 |
1st football game at Shea Stadium, Jets defeat Denver 30-6 |
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Sun 13 |
3rd sitting of 2nd Vatican council opens in Rome |
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Mon 14 |
Walt Disney awarded the Medal of Freedom at the White House |
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Tue 15 |
Beatles play at Public Auditorium in Cleveland |
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Thu 17 |
"Bewitched" premiers on ABC TV |
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Thu 17 |
Beatles are paid a then record $150,000 for a concert (Kansas) |
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Thu 17 |
Mickey Mantle gets hits
#1999, 2000 & 2001 |
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Thu 17 |
Supremes release
Baby
Love |
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Fri 18 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR |
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Tue 22 |
"Fiddler on the Roof"
opens on Broadway, runs 3,242 performances |
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Tue 22 |
"Man from U.N.C.L.E," premieres on NBC-TV |
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Thu 24 |
"Munsters" premieres on TV |
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Thu 24 |
1st Minuteman II ICBM was
tested |
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Thu 24 |
Ringo forms Brikley Building Company Ltd |
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Sat 26 |
Braves (25) & Phillies (18) set record by using 43 players in 9
inn |
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Sun 27 |
Despite 3 HRs by Johnny Callison, Phils are 14-8 losers to Braves |
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Sun 27 |
Phillies 7th straight loses sends them into 2nd place |
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Sun 27 |
Warren Commission
released, finding Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone |
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Wed 30 |
"Oh What a Lovely War" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 125
performances |
