Aug 29 Astronauts Cooper & Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5

Aug 06 Nancy Carroll actress (Alice-Aldrich Family), dies at 60

Aug 14 Beatles tape an appearance for the Ed Sullivan Show

Aug 06 Beatles release "Help" album in UK

Aug 11 6 day insurrection starts in Watts section of Los Angeles

Aug 21 Gemini 5 launched into Earth orbit (2 astronauts)

Aug 09 Singapore independence

Aug 29 Gemini V, with astronauts Charles ("Pete") Conrad and Gordon Cooper aboard, splashes down after eight days of orbiting the Earth.

Aug 20 Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction" (their first #1 US hit)

Aug 02 Morley Safer's sends first Vietnam report indicating we are losing

Aug 30 Section of Allalin glacier wipes out construction site at Mattmark Dam near Saas-Fee, Switzerland

Aug 30 Casey Stengel retires from baseball after a career spanning 40 years.

Aug 12 Race riot in West Side of Chicago

Oct 04 Pope Paul VI becomes 1st Pope to visit Western Hemisphere (UN)

Oct 05 Chuck Linster performs 6,006 consecutive push-ups

Oct 30 Fireworks explosions kill 50 in Cartagena, Colombia

Oct 05 Dick McInnes stays aloft almost 12 hours in a kite

Oct 04 USSR launches Luna 7; crash lands on Moon

Oct 05 Adding to his many credits, accolades and honors, Henry Mancini received a gold record for the soundtrack LP from the movie, The Pink Panther.

Oct 31 Canadian National introduces "Rapido" passenger service between Montreal and Toronto. This was extended to Quebec in the following year.

Oct 15 U.S. Naval Support Activity Danang Vietnam, established.

Oct 14 Joe Engle in X-15 reaches 80 km

Oct 09 Beatles' "Yesterday," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 4 weeks

Oct 26 Sylvia Likens tortured by teen girl gang

Oct 25 Rolling Stones release "Get Off of My Cloud"

Oct 30 The Canadian National-Canadian Pacific passenger pool train arrangement is terminated.

Oct 28 Pope Paul VI decrees that Jews are absolved of blame for the crucifixion of Christ.

Oct 28 Gateway Arch (630' (190m) high) completed in St Louis, Missouri

Oct 26 Beatles receive MBEs at Buckingham Palace

Jul 10 Rolling Stones score their first #1, "I Can't Get No Satisfaction"

Jul 11 Ray Collins actor (Halls of Ivy, Perry Mason), dies at 75

Jul 07 Otis Redding records "Respect"

Jul 29 Beatles movie "Help" premiers, Queen Elizabeth attends

Jul 10 Beatles' "Beatles' "VI," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks

Jul 24 Casey Stengel resigns as manager of the NY Mets

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