May 01 JFK authorizes Area Redevelopment Act (ARA)

May 12 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island

May 19 Stan Musial breaks Honus Wagner's National League hit record with 3,431

May 19 "John Birch Society" by Chad Mitchell Trio hits #99

May 17 Marin County withdraws from BART district

May 29 Barbra Streisand appears on "The Garry Moore Show"

May 11 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island

May 23 Scott Carpenter orbits Earth 3 times in US Aurora 7

May 08 The first Atlas Centaur Launch

May 08 London trolley buses go out of service

May 02 OAS strikes in Algeria

May 25 Isley Brothers release "Twist &Shout"

May 29 Buck O'Neil becomes the first black coach in major league baseball, accepting a job with the Chicago Cubs

May 09 Beatles sign their first contract with EMI Parlophone

May 22 14th Emmy Awards Bob Newhart Show, E G Marshall & Shirley Booth

May 09 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island

May 22 Robert A Rushworth, USAF major, takes X-15 to 30,600 meters

Jan 31 General Charles P Cabell, USAF, ends term as deputy director of CIA

Jan 03 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro

Jan 03 Ground is broken for the Houston Astrodome

Jan 16 Death of JF Hurley, first official AIF photographer, appointed during the Battle of Third Ypres in 1917

Jan 21 JFK arrives in Uruguay

Jan 17 NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m

Jan 03 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro

Jan 01 Western Samoa gains independence from New Zealand; Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes co-chief of Western Samoa

Jan 01 Navy SEAL teams established

Jan 08 Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 91 die (Netherlands)

Jan 21 Snow falls in San Francisco

Jan 23 Libya, Morocco, Algeria &Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb

Jan 24 Jackie Robinson is first Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Jan 30 2 members of Flying Wallendas' high-wire act killed when their 7-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit

Jan 07 Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, fails

Jan 13 Comedian Ernie Kovacs is killed in a car crash in Los Angeles.

Jan 18 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

Jan 03 Ground is broken for the Houston Astrodome

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