Jan 04 Author T.S. Eliot dies in London at age 76.

Jan 02 Obverse design of all Canadian coins is changed to depict present-day

Jan 04 LBJ's "Great Society" State of the Union Address

Jan 20 Alan Freed, Cleveland disk jockey who coined the phrase "rock and roll," dies in Palm Springs, California.

Jan 04 Fender, a favorite guitar and musical instrument manufacturer of the surf rock crowd, is sold to CBS for $13 million.

Jan 06 Canada part of new NATO anti-submarine destroyer squadron operating in the Atlantic

Jan 02 University of Alabama quarterback Joe Namath signs with the New York Jets football team for a reported $400,000.

Jan 06 Canada part of new NATO anti-submarine destroyer squadron operating in the Atlantic

Jan 30 "The Name Game" by Shirley Ellis hits #3

Jan 30 State funeral of Winston Churchill

Jan 08 NBC TV debuts the weekly rock 'n roll TV dance show Hullabaloo.

Jan 15 Rock group The Who releases first album "I Can't Explain"

Jan 10 Bollingen prize for poetry awarded to Horace Gregory

Jan 04 LBJ's "Great Society" State of the Union Address

Jan 02 University of Alabama quarterback Joe Namath signs with the New York Jets football team for a reported $400,000.

Jan 28 The Who make their first appearance on British TV

Jan 16 "Outer Limits" last airs on ABC-TV

Jan 16 Searchers' "Love Potion #9" peaks at #3

Jan 07 France announces it will convert $150 million of its currency to gold

Feb 07 US begins regular bombing & strafing of North Vietnam

Feb 23 Constance Baker Motley elected Manhattan Borough president

Feb 27 "High Spirits" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 375 performances

Feb 01 Peter Jennings, 26, becomes anchor of ABC's nightly news

Feb 04 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

Feb 26 Dutch Government of Marijnen falls

Feb 01 Dutch Queen Juliana opens Brienenoord Bridge in Rotterdam

Feb 13 Quebec Liquor Board Employees end 70-day strike. How dry they were in the province!!

Feb 21 Civil rights activist Malcolm X is assassinated at age 39 by Black Muslims in New York City.

Feb 15 Canada flies its new red and white Maple Leaf flag, retiring the Red Ensign.

Feb 24 East German President Ulbricht visits Egypt

Feb 12 Nuclear test at Pacific Ocean

Feb 13 US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming

Feb 27 Dutch Marijnen government resigns

Feb 13 US male Figure Skating championship won by Gary Visconti

Feb 18 27 copper miners die in avalanche, Granduc Mountain British Columbia

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