May 15 South Vietnamese army battle Buddhists, about 80 die

May 30 US launches Surveyor 1 to the Moon

Jan 31 USSR launches Luna 9 toward the Moon

Jan 03 Floyd B McKissick, named national director of CORE

Jan 07 Canadian Gene Kiniski defeats veteran champion Lou Thesz two falls to one to become the world professional heavyweight champion

Jan 08 Beatles' "Rubber Soul," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks

Jan 14 David Bowie releases his first record (Can't Help Thinking About Me)

Jan 01 12 day transit worker strike shuts down New York City NY subway

Jan 03 Floyd B McKissick, named national director of CORE

Jan 13 First black selected for Presidential cabinet (LBJ selects Robert C Weaver-HUD)

Jan 19 Sir Robert Menzies retires after more than 16 years as Australia's prime minister.

Jan 17 Martin Luther King Jr opens campaign in Chicago

Jan 31 USSR launches Luna 9 toward the Moon

Jan 07 Close to 200 passengers and crew from a Canadian Nationla pass. train are evacuated by helicopter after being trapped bvy snow slides in the Fraser Canyon in British Columbia

Jan 12 Adam West and Burt Ward star as the Dynamic Duo in Batman, which makes its colorful, action-packed debut on ABC-TV.

Jan 17 A U.S. B52 bomber carrying four hydrogen bombs collided with its refueling plane over Palomares, Spain, scattering radioactive plutonium over the area.

Jan 08 Beatles' "We Can Work It Out," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks

Jan 08 Who & the Kinks perform on the last "Shindig" TV show on ABC

Jan 08 Georges Pompidou appointed French premier

Jan 04 Doug Walters scores second Test century in his second Test

Jan 04 Doug Walters scores second Test century in his second Test

Jan 17 A U.S. B52 bomber carrying four hydrogen bombs collided with its refueling plane over Palomares, Spain, scattering radioactive plutonium over the area.

Jan 13 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

Jan 01 Military coup by Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa in Central African Republic

Jan 17 Martin Luther King Jr opens campaign in Chicago

Jan 19 Indira Gandhi elected India's 3rd prime minister

Jan 31 Belgian state police kills 2 striking mine workers

Jan 19 Neil Simon, Coleman & Fields' musical "Sweet Charity," premieres

Jan 01 All US cigarette packs have to carry "Caution Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health"

Jan 01 Simon & Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence" reaches #1

Jan 17 USAF B-52 carrying 4 unarmed hydrogen bombs crashes on Spanish coast at Palomares, 7 die

Jan 01 All US cigarette packs have to carry "Caution Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health"

Jan 18 Indira Gandhi, daughter of the late Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, became prime minister of India.

Jan 17 USAF B-52 carrying 4 unarmed hydrogen bombs crashes on Spanish coast at Palomares, 7 die

Jan 30 -19ºF (-28ºC), Corinth MS (state record)

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