Feb 20 Ranger 8 makes hard landing on the Moon, returns photos, other data

Feb 06 Righteous Brothers "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" hits #1

Feb 01 The Hamilton River in Labrador renamed Churchill River in honour of Winston Spencer Churchill

Feb 16 Pegasus 1 launched to detect micro-meteors

Feb 15 Singer Nat King Cole dies in Santa Monica, CA, at age 45.

Feb 18 Gambia gains independence

Feb 03 Orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km)

Feb 05 Beursschouwburg opens in Brussels

Feb 07 George Harrison of the Beatles, has his tonsils removed

Feb 23 Comedian Stan Laurel of Laurel and Hardy fame, dies in Santa Monica, CA.

Feb 22 USSR launches Kosmos 57 into earth orbit (Voskhod Test)

Feb 03 105 USAF cadets resigned for cheating on exams

Feb 08 Eastern DC-7B crashes into Atlantic off Jones Beach NJ, kills 84

Feb 24 Beatles begin filming "Help" in the Bahamas

Feb 18 Gambia gains independence from Britain (National Day)

Feb 15 John Lennon passes his driving test

Feb 23 In Ottawa the Government approves collective bargaining and arbitration in the Civil Service but takes it away when it is convenient

Feb 27 France performs Underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria

Feb 22 Felix Frankfurter, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, dies.

Feb 11 Beatles drummer Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox in London.

Feb 20 Beatles record "That Means a Lot"

Feb 08 Supremes release "Stop In the Name of Love"

Feb 10 In Northwestern Iran a 5.1 earthquake occurred. At least 20 persons were fatally injured and thousands of houses destroyed in and near Bustanabad

Feb 01 Martin Luther King Jr and 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma, Alabama

Feb 22 The Beatles begin filming scenes on location in the Bahamas for their second movie, Help!

Feb 26 West Germany ceases military aid to Tanzania

Apr 06 Early Bird, world's first commercial communication satellite, launched

Apr 26 In Ottawa Ontario, the Federal budget includes 10% cut in personal income tax. (we don't see another for a long long long time)

Apr 27 RC Duncan patents "Pampers" disposable diaper

Apr 05 37th Academy Awards - "My Fair Lady", Rex Harrison & Julie Andrews win

Apr 28 US marines invade Dominican Republic, stay until October 1966

Apr 03 The first atomic powered spacecraft (snap) launched

Apr 06 Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") first coml geosynchronous comm satellite

Apr 23 The USSR launch its first communications satellite

Apr 29 Earthquake hits Seattle; 5 die

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