Aug 24 60 people die when bus plunges off bridge into Turvo River, Brazil

Aug 03 Niger gains independence from France

Oct 15 USS Patrick Henry (SSBN-599) begins successful firing of four Polaris test vehicles under operational rather than test conditions. Tests are completed on 18 October.

Oct 04 Courier 1B Launched; 1st active repeater satellite in orbit

Oct 12 Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe at UN General Assembly session

Oct 18 In Britain, the News Chronicle & Daily Mail merge,

Oct 05 Eastern AL Electra turbo-prop crashed in Boston Harbor (61 die)

Oct 18 The London Evening Star merges with the Evening News

Oct 20 First fully mechanized post office opened, Providence, RI

Oct 19 France grants Mauritania independence

Oct 14 Peace Corps First suggested by JFK

Oct 10 Ron Stewart of Ottawa rushes for CFL-record 287 yards

Oct 07 "Route 66" premieres

Oct 24 Disaster on USSR launch pad, kills missile expert Nedelin and team (unconfirmed); USSR claims he was killed in plane crash

Oct 29 Chartered C46 carrying Cal State's football team crashes, kills 16

Oct 29 Muhammad Ali's (Cassius Clay's) 1st professional fight, beats Tunney Hunsaker in 6

Oct 25 The first electronic wrist watch placed on sale, NYC

Oct 19 The US imposes an embargo on exports to Cuba

Oct 19 Martin Luther King Jr arrested in Atlanta sit-in

Oct 01 Nigeria gains independence from Britain (National Day)

Oct 13 3rd presidential debate with Nixon in Hollywood and Kennedy in NY

Oct 09 Howard Glenn NY Titan, dies of injuries sustain in this day's game

Jul 12 USSR's Sputnik 5 launched with 2 dogs

Jul 01 Italian Somalia gains independence, unites with Somali Republic

Jul 21 The country of Katanga forms in Africa

Jul 29 Suzanne Cundale (nee Finney) born in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire. And didn't she turn out well!!!

Jul 31 Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, calls for a black state

Jul 11 Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Upper Volta & Niger declare independence

Jul 04 Mickey Mantle hits career homer # 300

Jul 27 VP Nixon nominated for pres at Republican convention in Chicago

Jul 14 Fire raging through a Guatemala City, Guatemala insane asylum kills 225, severly injuring 300

Jul 12 Congo, Chad & Central African Republic declare independence

Jul 28 Republican National convention selects Richard Nixon

Jul 07 USSR shoots down a US aircraft over Barents sea

Jul 20 USSR recovered 2 dogs; first living organisms to return from space

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